What about this for Facebook?
What do Madame Bovary, Green Eggs and Ham, Nineteen Eighty-Four and Fifty Shades of Gray ((or other diverse titles)) have in common? They were banned by governments. As Banned Books Week wraps up, here's a list of famous books that authorities tried to stamp out -- a reminder of the importance of free information for all.
And then I could post in the comments a few of Victor's awesome quotes.
For Twitter, I love this:
"I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin." #BraveNewWorld #bannedbooksweek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments
((I cut God from the beginning because, well... she can lead to all kinds of discussions. : ) )
Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder https://twitter.com/JeffElder @wikipedia https://twitter.com/wikipedia The Wikimedia blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Oh, ignore me - looks like that account isn't in Buffer. Or it might not even belong to us. Ho hum!
Joe
On 2 October 2015 at 17:40, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
We could tweet these from @Wikiquote and RT them on other accounts - don't think that account gets enough love :(
On 2 October 2015 at 17:38, Victor Grigas vgrigas@wikimedia.org wrote:
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland
'*Off with her head!'* #Aliceinwonderland #bannedbooksweek
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Victor Grigas vgrigas@wikimedia.org wrote:
LOTS of these quotes are tweetable. For example:
*WAR IS PEACEFREEDOM IS SLAVERYIGNORANCE IS STRENGTH* #1984 #bannedbooksweek
Again, a reason for a url shortener: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Victor Grigas vgrigas@wikimedia.org wrote:
What about Wikiquote?
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Michael Guss mguss@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hmmm indeed. Tis' true for Wikisource.
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Ed Erhart eerhart@wikimedia.org wrote:
> We could share banned books that are present on Wikisource, although > for the most part those are only pre-1923. > > --Ed > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Michael Guss mguss@wikimedia.org > wrote: > >> Hey everyone, this week has been "Banned Book" week. I'm sure >> Wikipedia (and Wikisource of course) could get in on the action. Free >> knowledge, anyone? >> >> I'm also looking at you WikiLibrary. >> >> List of books banned by governments: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments >> >> Books include everything from The Bible, The Quran, *Frankenstein, >> The Grapes of Wrath, Green Eggs and Ham *(why are you here??), >> *1984*, ...and of course the *Fifty Shades of Grey * trilogy. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> -- >> Michael Guss >> Research Analyst >> Wikimediafoundation.org >> mguss@wikimedia.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > > -- > Ed Erhart > Editorial Associate > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > >
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