Will this also get posted to Facebook and Google+
like last time?
On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 12:14 AM, Joe Sutherland <
jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org
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wrote:
Thanks Jeff!!
Joe
On Friday, 30 October 2015, Jeff Elder <jelder(a)wikimedia.org
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> OK! Shared from @wikipedia with #wikiTAFI.
>
> On Friday, October 30, 2015, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I think TAFI should have been tweeted from @Wikipedia, given it's
>> exclusively a Wikipedia thing and not a movement thing.
>>
>> On 30 October 2015 at 14:37, Jeff Elder <jelder(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>>> TAFI and MythBusters up!
>>>
>>>
https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/660102792900575232
>>>
>>>
https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/660096768399425536
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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 30, 2015 at 7:26 AM, Katherine Maher <
>>> kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> LGTM!
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:10 AM, Jeff Elder <jelder(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to get this up today because of Halloween. Not sure
that
>>>>> hashtag will mean much to folks. I only see one tweet using it, from
more
>>>>> than two years ago. What about?
>>>>>
>>>>> Wikipedia editors - or those wanting to get started - the comedy
>>>>> horror genre needs your help. Get spooky!
http://buff.ly/1WnWeL3
>>>>>
>>>>> 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 Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Coin945 <
>>>>> coin945wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That's good news. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I guess I'll make the first proposal:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - T/I: This mash-up of media genres needs your help. Improve
*comedy
>>>>>> horror*, today's #wikiTAFI.
>>>>>> - F/G: This mash-up of media genres needs your help. Add
>>>>>> sources and improve content at *comedy horror*, today's
>>>>>> #wikiTAFI.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (The "Comedy horror" article -
>>>>>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_horror - would be added
>>>>>> as a link afterwards).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The TAFI article changes every Monday, so after this status
>>>>>> update, the next one will take place in 3 days.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 3:35 AM, Jeff Elder
<jelder(a)wikimedia.org
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think the upshot was that we love the social posts and
mission
>>>>>>> of TAFI, and probably need to stick to this thread for
proposing them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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 Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Coin945 <
>>>>>>> coin945wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just wondering... what are your opinions on moving
forward with
>>>>>>>> this TAFI proposal? It's been 3 days since my last
reply. :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Coin945 <
>>>>>>>> coin945wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This discussion thread is very confusing to navitage,
but I
>>>>>>>>> think I've read it all now (albeit out of
order).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> To answer Jeff's question: yes, the links are
supposed to
>>>>>>>>> link to the Wikipedia pages, not the Wikimedia pages
(which are
>>>>>>>>> understandably redlinks).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> One of the two main purposes of TAFI is to encourage
newbies
>>>>>>>>> to become editors through interesting articles on
important topics that
>>>>>>>>> still shockingly have underwhelming articles; this
challenges the perceived
>>>>>>>>> notion that "all the good topics have already
been written about".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This social media collaboration was fantastic in
intriguing
>>>>>>>>> people throguh witty and engaging statuses that aimed
to encourage
>>>>>>>>> passers-by to stop, consider, and then perhaps gfo to
the link and hit
>>>>>>>>> "edit".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We had great success with this in the past, and I
would love
>>>>>>>>> to get things rolling again. This is part of a recent
push I've been doing,
>>>>>>>>> which includes starting up the discussion of whether
TAFI could ever return
>>>>>>>>> to the main page.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:44 AM, Tilman Bayer <
>>>>>>>>> tbayer(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Jeff (switching topic back to the thread about
TAFI),
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Coin945 (who posted these suggestions) is now
subscribed to
>>>>>>>>>> this list
>>>>>>>>>> and can thus answer your question directly. But I
think the
>>>>>>>>>> matter was
>>>>>>>>>> simply that the drafts had been copied over from
Wikipedia to
>>>>>>>>>> Meta
>>>>>>>>>> without adjusting links, e.g. the first one was
intended to
>>>>>>>>>> link to
>>>>>>>>>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_horror
instead of
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comedy_horror&action=edit&…
>>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Jeff Elder
<
>>>>>>>>>> jelder(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> > Excellent point, Joe.
>>>>>>>>>> > Question: I went to the links posted on the
meta wiki as
>>>>>>>>>> suggestions for
>>>>>>>>>> > tweets for articles to be improved, but the
links take you
>>>>>>>>>> to a page asking
>>>>>>>>>> > you to create said article. Would that be
strange, asking
>>>>>>>>>> people to improve
>>>>>>>>>> > an article that doesn't exist yet? Or am
I seeing this
>>>>>>>>>> wrong? I thought
>>>>>>>>>> > these tweets were to encourage people who
were just getting
>>>>>>>>>> their feet wet
>>>>>>>>>> > editing.
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > Jeff Elder
>>>>>>>>>> > Digital communications manager
>>>>>>>>>> > Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>>>> > 704-650-4130
>>>>>>>>>> > @jeffelder
>>>>>>>>>> > @wikipedia
>>>>>>>>>> > The Wikimedia blog
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Joe
Sutherland <
>>>>>>>>>> jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>> >> I'm not sure it's a great idea
to post this to our
>>>>>>>>>> socials. Seems to me
>>>>>>>>>> >> like we'd be opening the list (which
is public) to a lot
>>>>>>>>>> of spam. But maybe
>>>>>>>>>> >> I'm just being too cautious.
>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>> >> Joe
>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>> >> On 26 October 2015 at 15:48, Jeff Elder
<
>>>>>>>>>> jelder(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>> Thanks, Tilman for the background! I
like the idea of
>>>>>>>>>> posting about
>>>>>>>>>> >>> articles that need attention.
Let's do it!
>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>> There does seem to be some overlap
between this list and
>>>>>>>>>> the meta wiki,
>>>>>>>>>> >>> as Ed noted in the thread Tilman
shared:
>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>> because few people besides Matthew
and myself were
>>>>>>>>>> checking
>>>>>>>>>> >>> their Meta watchlist often enough,
this mailing list
>>>>>>>>>> proved to be a
>>>>>>>>>> >>> much more reliable venue for people
to post SM ideas for
>>>>>>>>>> review and
>>>>>>>>>> >>> get a timely response.
>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>> My take is that people can still use
the meta wiki and
>>>>>>>>>> I'm happy to swing
>>>>>>>>>> >>> by it, but we may need to send stuff
around this list
>>>>>>>>>> anyway for a LGTM and
>>>>>>>>>> >>> to do a little air-traffic
controlling to prevent
>>>>>>>>>> conflicts and traffic
>>>>>>>>>> >>> jams.
>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>> Should we tell people on Twitter and
Facebook that they
>>>>>>>>>> can subscribe to
>>>>>>>>>> >>> this list? If so, should we say:
>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>> T:
>>>>>>>>>> >>> Want to give input on what and how
we tweet? Sign up for
>>>>>>>>>> our social media
>>>>>>>>>> >>> email list here:
>>>>>>>>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>> FB:
>>>>>>>>>> >>> Want to give input on what and how
we post on Facebook?
>>>>>>>>>> You can give
>>>>>>>>>> >>> feedback here, or take part by
signing up for our social
>>>>>>>>>> media email list
>>>>>>>>>> >>> here:
>>>>>>>>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>> Jeff Elder
>>>>>>>>>> >>> Digital communications manager
>>>>>>>>>> >>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>>>> >>> 704-650-4130
>>>>>>>>>> >>> @jeffelder
>>>>>>>>>> >>> @wikipedia
>>>>>>>>>> >>> The Wikimedia blog
>>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 7:16 PM,
Tilman Bayer <
>>>>>>>>>> tbayer(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>>>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>> (splitting this off into a new
thread, as it's a
>>>>>>>>>> separate topic from
>>>>>>>>>> >>>> TAFI)
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 6:57 PM,
Andrew Sherman <
>>>>>>>>>> asherman(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> I remember Ed, Joe, Michael,
and I sat down to clean
>>>>>>>>>> that page up back
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> in July (archive old
information, add useful links for
>>>>>>>>>> content).
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> I have thought about the
idea of utilizing this page
>>>>>>>>>> more. We could
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> asking for social content
from the whole movement like
>>>>>>>>>> we do for blog posts
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> ( maybe even translations ;)
).
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>> Of course we are already asking
for (and getting) social
>>>>>>>>>> content from
>>>>>>>>>> >>>> the whole movement with this
list. See also the list
>>>>>>>>>> description at
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media .
>>>>>>>>>> That said, some
>>>>>>>>>> >>>> community members might prefer
posting on a wiki.
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>> As a reminder, in August there
was already some
>>>>>>>>>> discussion about
>>>>>>>>>> >>>> reviving the Meta page (in the
same thread); here is my
>>>>>>>>>> takeaway from that
>>>>>>>>>> >>>> on why the parallel wiki/mailing
list process didn't
>>>>>>>>>> quite work out back in
>>>>>>>>>> >>>> 2013/14 and what might be
required to make it work:
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/social-media/2015-August/003211.html
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> It could help with
organization and preparation of
>>>>>>>>>> content.
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 9:43
PM, Tilman Bayer <
>>>>>>>>>> tbayer(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> as I summarized two
months ago on this list in another
>>>>>>>>>> context, back
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> in 2013/14 we
collaborated with the "Today's Article
>>>>>>>>>> for Improvement" team
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> on the English
Wikipedia, posting social media
>>>>>>>>>> invitations to edit improve
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> articles from this
community-curated list.
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> User:Coin945 has just
started an attempt to revive
>>>>>>>>>> this (see
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Today%27s_articles_for_improve…
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> ) and already posted
some ideas at
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#October
>>>>>>>>>> . I'm passing
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> this on to this list as
not everyone might watch the
>>>>>>>>>> Meta-wiki pages. As
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> mentioned earlier, the
experiment back them left me
>>>>>>>>>> wondering how to best
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> achieve impact (in form
of actual edits caused by
>>>>>>>>>> those posts), but perhaps
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> the current SM team has
some new ideas.
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Tilman Bayer
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Senior Analyst
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> IRC (Freenode): HaeB
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> Digital Communications |
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>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
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