It's gotten a lot better in fairness. Checking the article isn't awful before we publish it on social is also pretty trivial, thankfully.
Joe
On 6 August 2015 at 18:16, Ed Erhart eerhart@wikimedia.org wrote:
#TIL ? :-)
I think this is a great idea as long as we make sure the article's okay. I'm not fully convinced that en.wp's DYK is a thorough check.
--Ed
On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Ah, cool. Also, my example should have started with "Did you know" or "DYK" (or "#DidYouKnow" or "#DYK"? :) )
On 6 August 2015 at 18:04, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
I like the concept.
See also the thread "[Social-media] Wikipedia Picks: disaster, trial by battle, and more"
Pine On Aug 6, 2015 9:26 AM, "Joe Sutherland" jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hey all,
I think this has been proposed before on this list, but I'm bringing it up again :)
We could potentially borrow DYK entries from Wikipedia's front page for use on social. Here's some benefits to this:
- It's cheap, and requires only the avoidance of anything
controversial/potentially promotional,
- It's a good way to keep our social feeds active,
- Wikipedia articles generally do very well on social media, as
Michael can attest, and
- It's a great way to get more eyes on newly improved articles,
which is good for the community.
Some of them might need to be trimmed, but this is a potential one for Facebook as an example: • that the woman in Vilhelm Hammershøi's Interior with Young Woman Seen from the Back is the painter's wife, whom he often painted facing away from the viewer? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interior_with_Young_Woman_Seen_from_the_Back
What do we think of this? (Forgive me if we already have an answer for this!)
best, Joe
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