• How do you pronounce record-breaking adventurer Sarah Outen's surname? Find out on her Wikipedia page thanks to the #WikiVIP project. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Outen

On 3 November 2015 at 16:05, Juliet Barbara <jbarbara@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Andy, 

I don't think it's appropriate for us to call out the BBC for mispronouncing her name, but perhaps we can find another way to show the value of the voice recording? 

Juliet 

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 8:01 AM, Jeff Elder <jelder@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Happy to look at a tweet explaining the benefits of the voice intro project, Andy. 

Jeff Elder
Digital communications manager
Wikimedia Foundation

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 7:57 AM, Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
On 3 November 2015 at 13:55, Jeff Elder <jelder@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> I think we should be a bit more clear and just say:
>
> Adventurer Sarah Outen has just completed a round-the-world trip under
> her own power. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Outen
>
> Does this look OK to other folks?

No. It does nothing to explain the benefits of the voice intro project
("#WikIVIP"), which was the purpose of my tweet.


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