On Jul 17, 2014 2:25 PM, "Carlos Monterrey" <cmonterrey@wikimedia.org> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> Here is today's proposed SM for the The Signpost WikiProject report blog post. Thanks for reviewing: 
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> Blog post:
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/17/wikiproject-report-indigenous-peoples-of-north-america/
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> SM calendar: 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#July_18
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> t: @Wikisignpost talks with members of WikiProject Indigenous Peoples of North America. Read more of the interview here:https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/17/wikiproject-report-indigenous-peoples-of-north-america/

Don't start with another Twitter handle:

Members of the WikiProject Indigenous Peoples of North America talk with @WikiSignpost: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/17/wikiproject-report-indigenous-peoples-of-north-america/

> t: WikiProject Indigenous Peoples of North America aims to improve underrepresented articles on Wikipedia:https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/17/wikiproject-report-indigenous-peoples-of-north-america/

What kinds of underrepresented articles?

> t: See what motivates editors to be part of WikiProject Indigenous Peoples in a recent report from the @Wikisignpost:https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/17/wikiproject-report-indigenous-peoples-of-north-america/

> t: Encompassing more than 7,000 articles, WikiProject Indigenous Peoples editors are really motivated, find out why:https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/17/wikiproject-report-indigenous-peoples-of-north-america/

Romanticized history? The more than 7,000 articles and counting from WikiProject Indigenous Peoples seek to change that: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/17/wikiproject-report-indigenous-peoples-of-north-america/

> f/g: WikiProject Indigenous Peoples of North America participant Maunus decries the state of coverage of Mexican indigenous people and aims to improve it. "There are some articles on the Spanish Wikipedia of very high quality, mainly because of the work of one editor, but likewise there are other articles that are of poor quality, with either romanticizing or discriminatory undertones." https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/17/wikiproject-report-indigenous-peoples-of-north-america/

> f/g: WikiProject Indigenous Peoples of North America seeks to improve the coverage of indigenous people on Wikipedia, especially articles of Mexican indigenous people, whose articles sometimes are "romanticized." Read more from a recent report from the Wikipedia Signpost. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/17/wikiproject-report-indigenous-peoples-of-north-america/
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