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On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 6:28 AM, Alex Wang <awang@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Thanks, Tilman for the past examples! I like how they link to the grant
> proposal page.
>
> Here are two suggestions.The first one puts the emphasis on the "new grant".
> The second is Katherine's suggestion which emphasizes the project while
> still noting it's a grant. We can take out "Project & Event" if it's too
> long.
>
> New Wikimedia Project & Event grant supports the first African Wikimedian
> gathering @Wikimedia_ZA:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WM_ZA/Wiki-Indaba-2014
>
> Wiki Indaba hosts first African Wikimedian gathering through Wikimedia
> Project & Event grant to @Wikimedia_ZA:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WM_ZA/Wiki-Indaba-2014
>
> Thanks!
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 2:34 AM, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Copying Alex back in again,
>>
>> Alex: See idea from Katherine below.
>>
>> Personally I think that's good though I'd remove the @ from Wikimedia (I
>> just prefer not to mention ourselves since it's coming from @Wikimedia I
>> don't remember ever doing that though I'm sure we can find some point where
>> we did :) ).
>>
>> James Alexander
>> Legal and Community Advocacy
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:58 AM, Katherine Maher <kmaher@wikimedia.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Alex, since we didn't quite answer your question, how about:
>>>
>>> Wiki Indaba hosts first African Wikimedian gathering through @Wikimedia
>>> Project & Event grant to @Wikimedia_ZA: http://wikiindaba.net
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Heather Walls <hwalls@wikimedia.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> By post I don't mean blog post, just tweets and things.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Tilman Bayer <tbayer@wikimedia.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> For context, Alex is picking up something again that the Grants team
>>>>> (Winifred) used to do regularly, i.e. routinely drafting social media
>>>>> messages to announce new grants projects. Here are some examples from
>>>>> last year:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/349918729812975616
>>>>> https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/350695870548815875
>>>>> https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/351775488752099329
>>>>>
>>>>> I understand that there isn't always capacity to write separate blog
>>>>> posts (or maybe only after a project has concluded), so we have often
>>>>> been linking to the grant pages on Meta for further information. In
>>>>> any case, raising awareness for the grants program and the cool
>>>>> projects that it enables is a central purpose of this, so we shouldn't
>>>>> leave that aspect out.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Heather Walls <hwalls@wikimedia.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > It would make sense to me to write separate posts about applying for
>>>>> > grants,
>>>>> > targeted to Wikimedia (Wikipedia might be too broad).
>>>>> >
>>>>> > What do you think?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Alex Wang <awang@wikimedia.org>
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Thanks for the suggestions. We do want to publicize the grants
>>>>> >> program
>>>>> >> though - to encourage more folks to apply!
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Katherine Maher
>>>>> >> <kmaher@wikimedia.org>
>>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM, James Alexander
>>>>> >>> <jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Welcome Alex!
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> Some comments inline (if you think you'll do this often you are
>>>>> >>>> also
>>>>> >>>> welcome to join this mailing list, which is open to community and
>>>>> >>>> staff
>>>>> >>>> members interested in social media posts.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> James Alexander
>>>>> >>>> Legal and Community Advocacy
>>>>> >>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>> >>>> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Alex Wang <awang@wikimedia.org>
>>>>> >>>> wrote:
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Hi,
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new
>>>>> >>>>> Project and
>>>>> >>>>> Event Grant to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus.
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> FB/Google +
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Wikimedia ZA (https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA) receives
>>>>> >>>>> Wikimedia
>>>>> >>>>> Foundation Project and Event Grant to support the first gathering
>>>>> >>>>> of
>>>>> >>>>> Wikimedians from across Africa. Check out Wiki Indaba to learn
>>>>> >>>>> more:
>>>>> >>>>> http://wikiindaba.net!
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Photo:
>>>>> >>>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Indaba_2014.jpeg
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> The text looks good to me, sadly we can't do the image :(  unless
>>>>> >>>> they
>>>>> >>>> want to put it into the public domain at least. The ToU with
>>>>> >>>> facebook does
>>>>> >>>> not allow us to post normal creative commons images  (unless we,
>>>>> >>>> the
>>>>> >>>> foundation, own them). Instead of actually posting the link to
>>>>> >>>> their
>>>>> >>>> facebook page we'll just link their name.
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Twitter
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> @Wikimedia_ZA receives @Wikimedia Project & Event Grant to
>>>>> >>>>> support the
>>>>> >>>>> first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa at Wiki Indaba:
>>>>> >>>>> http://wikiindaba.net.
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> You generally don't want to start a tweet with @ (it turns it
>>>>> >>>> into a
>>>>> >>>> 'reply' and doesn't go into our main twitter timeline/stream. You
>>>>> >>>> can get
>>>>> >>>> around that with a period at the start (i.e. .@Wikimedia_ZA ) but
>>>>> >>>> probably
>>>>> >>>> best to reword without it at the front if we can.
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> hmm thinking about how to do that.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Maybe lead with the news about the Indaba? It's also a little long.
>>>>> >>> I
>>>>> >>> think we want to promote that it's happening more than the grant,
>>>>> >>> right? If
>>>>> >>> so, suggestion:
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> Wiki Indaba will be the first gathering of Wikimedians across
>>>>> >>> Africa,
>>>>> >>> hosted by @Wikimedia_ZA! http://wikiindaba.net
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Please note this is my first time using Twitter, so any feedback
>>>>> >>>>> is
>>>>> >>>>> appreciated!
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> Alex
>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>> >>>>> --
>>>>> >>>>> Alex Wang
>>>>> >>>>> Program Officer
>>>>> >>>>> Project & Event Grants
>>>>> >>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>> >>>>> +1 415-839-6885
>>>>> >>>>> Skype: alexvwang
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>>>>> >>> Katherine Maher
>>>>> >>> Chief Communications Officer
>>>>> >>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>> >>> 149 New Montgomery Street
>>>>> >>> San Francisco, CA 94105
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
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>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> --
>>>>> >> Alex Wang
>>>>> >> Program Officer
>>>>> >> Project & Event Grants
>>>>> >> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>> >> +1 415-839-6885
>>>>> >> Skype: alexvwang
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>>>>> > Communications Design Manager
>>>>> > WikimediaFoundation.org
>>>>> > heather@wikimedia.org
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