Thanks for sharing this out, Michael.

Joe

On 28 September 2015 at 19:50, Michael Guss <mguss@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Whoops: 

Here's the Twitter link: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/648567993794850817

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Michael Guss <mguss@wikimedia.org> wrote:

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Michael Guss <mguss@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Joe, thank you for following up with this!

I think what Pine has proposed is fine; I had to shorten the quote because of the character limit, but I think it is still equally compelling. 

Wikipedia Fb: As s student, Louis Pasteur got a mediocre grade in chemistry and failed an entrance exam. Later in life, he invented a vaccine for rabies.


@wikipedia: "Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity," -- Louis Pasteur




On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Just to follow up on this - Michael, do you want to get something out tomorrow?

Joe

On 11 September 2015 at 23:47, Pine W <wiki.pine@gmail.com> wrote:
I've been thinking about that. I'm less talented with 140 characters than some of the other participants on this list, but perhaps something like these would work:

As a student, Louis Pasteur got a mediocre grade in chemistry and failed an entrance exam. Later in life, he invented a vaccine for rabies.

 "Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world." -- Louis Pasteur

Did you know that this microbiologist created the first vaccines for anthrax and rabies?


Pine


On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Sure! Do you have any potential text for social media?

Joe

On 11 September 2015 at 03:10, Pine W <wiki.pine@gmail.com> wrote:

To balance out the alleged favoritism shown by Ed's featured article being posted to the socials, may I propose posting to the socials one of my successful FP nominations when it becomes POTD?

Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2015-09-28

Pine


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