#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.

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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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