We just published "A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars" to the blog. URL:
Thanks to Ed for writing the story and Fabrice and Joe for editing.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
• He deployed with @AustralianArmy to Bosnia. Now, editing #Wikipedia helps him understand the brutality he witnessed: <link>
• This veteran writes for #Wikipedia to help him understand what he witnessed there: <link>
• A veteran learning how to edit #Wikipedia in a highly charged topic area—the wartime history of the Balkans: <link>
Facebook/Google+:
• He deployed with the AustralianArmy to Bosnia in 1995. Now, editing Wikipedia helps him understand the brutality he witnessed.
• His most potent memory comes from one of his first patrols. The platoon was speaking with suspected looters when they came across a farmer shot dead, his hayfork still alongside. "We just came across him ... so we were unprepared. I still remember it clearly, but because I photographed it in black and white, I remember it in black and white."