Good idea. You could post notes in the Facebook groups that link to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-09-02/Techno... which is currently in draft form. You could also consider adding a note in the "This Month in GLAM" newsletter, and the next "This Month in Education" newsletter.
Pine
On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:51 PM, WereSpielChequers < werespielchequers@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Pine,
This would be a good news story for the GLAM community and I suspect education as well. Is there a signpost article I can post on a couple of GLAM Facebook groups?
Regards
Jonathan
On 1 Sep 2015, at 01:35, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
This is cool for the reference enthusiasts:
"VisualEditor will now automatically create a link when you type in or paste an ISBN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number, PMID https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMID, or RFC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_Comments#Production_and_evolution. [48] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T54204[49]" https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T109498
Could this be included in a WMF social media post? I anticipate that relatively few people will test the new functionality, but the message feeds into the theme of helping users to understand that Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that (almost) anyone can edit. Readers of social media who would be especially valuable contributors because they understand what ISBNs and PMIDs are, might take an interest if this news is sent over the social media channels.
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T109498 Pine
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