Thanks James this all of this!
We'll get your copy and links out now.
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 2:34 AM, James Alexander <jalexander(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
In my traditional love of the British Isles I'd
like to recommend a tweet
about the Queen this morning as she surpasses Queen Victoria as longest
serving UK Monarch (and, believe, the longest serving reign of any Queen).
The traditional time it seems people are confidant about is around 17:30
BST and so 9:30 Pacific. I think it would be awesome if we could get
something out then. The front page of Wikipedia will change about the same
time to add this to In the News (currently here
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#September_9>
).
Thoughts:
- Today Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning British head
of state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II
- QE 2 is a featured article
- Could also use
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_in_Britain_by_length_of_reign
- Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother Queen
Victoria [Link]
- Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Queen Victoria as longest
reigning UK monarch. [Link]
Great free Photo to use:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Elizabeth_II_March_2015.jpg
[Personally I like the purple better but there are a couple other good ones
at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_King…
]
For those interested (i.e. probably not many of you unless you're as nerdy
as I am) the Queen being smart and "celebrating" the day avoiding the
London politicians toasting her and doing official duties up north with
with the Scottish First Minister :).
James Alexander
Community Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
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