Hey all,

We just published "News on Wikipedia: New Zealand selects flags, Google freshens up, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL: 

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/02/new-zealand-flags-google-logo/

We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the rest of the week to keep things timely.

Please do comment for tone.

Twitter:

• New Zealand has picked the #flags its people will vote on this year #nzflags #NewsOnWikipedia

• What do you think of @Google's new logo? #NewsOnWikipedia

• Alaska's Mount McKinley has a new name: #Denali. #NewsOnWikipedia

• Just the one world record set at this year's World Athletics Championships... #NewsOnWikipedia

• Jihadist group ISIL destroyed another ancient Syrian temple this week. #NewsOnWikipedia

Facebook/G+:

• One of four new flags could soon represent New Zealand, and its people aren't impressed #NewsOnWikipedia

• Google have radically changed their logo for the first time since 1999. #NewsOnWikipedia

• Forty years later, and Alaska's Mount McKinley is now Denali. #NewsOnWikipedia

• This year's World Athletics Championships medal table was topped by Kenya for the first time ever. #NewsOnWikipedia

• The ancient Temple of Bel in Syria was destroyed by jihadist group ISIL this week. #NewsOnWikipedia

best,

Joe

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Joe Sutherland
Communications Intern [remote]

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