*Hi all,*
*Here is the proposed social media for the recent blog post regarding
Israel's ministry of education. *
*Also included is proposed social media for the Wikivoyage, Wikisource,
Wikimedia Commons and Wikitonary accounts. Feel free to choose your
favorite message for each category, or provide edits. Thanks for reviewing!
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https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/israels-ministry-of-education-wikimed…
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https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#June_11
*Israel's Ministry of Education & Wikimedia Israel Agree on New, Unique
Initiative*
- *t*: Teachers in Israel to receive special professional training to
instruct students on how to contribute to Wikipedia:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/israels-ministry-of-education-wikimed…
- *t*: Interested in learning how to write for WIkipedia? You're not
alone! Over a third of the population of Israel is:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/israels-ministry-of-education-wikimed…
- *f/g*: “It is important to us that the education system in Israel
leads in innovation, and cooperating with Wikipedia is a wonderful
opportunity to think outside the box and enable students in Israel to do
things that make a difference from which others can also benefit,” says
Israeli Education Minister Rabbi Shai Piron. Wikipedia may soon become part
of academic curricula in Israel.
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/israels-ministry-of-education-wikimed…
*English Wikitionary Word of the Day*
- *f*: This Foreign #WordoftheDay literally means "generosity trousers"
in German. Think you know what it is?
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spendierhosen#German
- *f*: Spendierhosen: (Idiomatic) A metaphorical representation of a
feeling of generosity; literally "generosity trousers." #WordoftheDay
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spendierhosen#German
- *f*: Are you wearing your generosity trousers today? In German,
*Spendierhosen* is a metaphorical representation of a feeling of
generosity. #WordoftheDay
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spendierhosen#German
Wikivoyage Destination of the Month
- *t*: THE American metropolis, June's Destination of the Month is
Manhattan. Think you know this tiny island well enough?
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Manhattan
- *t*: Wall Street. Madison Avenue. 34th Street. Broadway. Wikivoyage's
Destination for the month of June is Manhattan:
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Manhattan
*Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day*
- *t*: Wikimedia Commons' #PictureofhteDay is of Gunnar Sonsteby, a
Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day
- *f/g*: Wikimedia Commons' #PictureoftheDay is of Gunar Sonsteby, a
Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day
*Wikisource*
- *t*: Wikisource's featured text for the month of June is "Alice in
Wonderland," by Lewis Carroll. Read it for free here:
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland_(1866)
- *f/g*: The Wikisource featured text for the month of June is the 1865
novel "Alice in Wonderland," by Lewis Carroll. Due to its vivid imagery and
unique narrative course and structure, it is often regarded as one of the
greatest examples of the literary nonsense genre. Read it here on freely
licensed Wikisource.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland_(1866)
--
Carlos Monterrey
Communications Associate
Wikimedia Foundation
+1.415.839.6885 ext 6881
www.wikimediafoundation.org
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