Should we post this question on our Facebook page? In a recent video experiment it seemed to resonate with people.
Have you ever used Wikipedia to settle a bet or resolve an argument? Did you win?
What do you think?
I think this looks good. :)
Joe
On Sunday, 11 October 2015, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
Should we post this question on our Facebook page? In a recent video experiment it seemed to resonate with people.
Have you ever used Wikipedia to settle a bet or resolve an argument? Did you win?
What do you think?
-- 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/
It's a common theme, every year or so there are a couple articles people write about using wikipedia to settle their trivia bets etc (similar to helping them pass their exams). Back in the day I've even had a Twitter conversation about it with people who were doing a trivia quiz.
Tldr: yeah think it'll be fun :)
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On Oct 11, 2015, at 07:07, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
I think this looks good. :)
Joe
On Sunday, 11 October 2015, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote: Should we post this question on our Facebook page? In a recent video experiment it seemed to resonate with people.
Have you ever used Wikipedia to settle a bet or resolve an argument? Did you win?
What do you think?
-- Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder @wikipedia The Wikimedia blog
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https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153583927168346
On 11 October 2015 at 15:54, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
It's a common theme, every year or so there are a couple articles people write about using wikipedia to settle their trivia bets etc (similar to helping them pass their exams). Back in the day I've even had a Twitter conversation about it with people who were doing a trivia quiz.
Tldr: yeah think it'll be fun :)
Sent from my iPhone
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On Oct 11, 2015, at 07:07, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
I think this looks good. :)
Joe
On Sunday, 11 October 2015, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
Should we post this question on our Facebook page? In a recent video experiment it seemed to resonate with people.
Have you ever used Wikipedia to settle a bet or resolve an argument? Did you win?
What do you think?
-- 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/
-- Sent from a device with a small keyboard with big fingers :)
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I just love this response:
Wikipedia will always be my best mentor, winning an argument with solid and reliable facts might have been a good way to use it, but Wikipedia taught me far beyond that, sciences and philosophies, arts and mythologies, without Wikipedia there wouldn't be me sitting here. Thank you, Wikipedia! Salute to the spirit of spreading knowledge without differences!
On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153583927168346
On 11 October 2015 at 15:54, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
It's a common theme, every year or so there are a couple articles people write about using wikipedia to settle their trivia bets etc (similar to helping them pass their exams). Back in the day I've even had a Twitter conversation about it with people who were doing a trivia quiz.
Tldr: yeah think it'll be fun :)
Sent from my iPhone
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On Oct 11, 2015, at 07:07, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
I think this looks good. :)
Joe
On Sunday, 11 October 2015, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
Should we post this question on our Facebook page? In a recent video experiment it seemed to resonate with people.
Have you ever used Wikipedia to settle a bet or resolve an argument? Did you win?
What do you think?
-- 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/
-- Sent from a device with a small keyboard with big fingers :)
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Does WMF track public comments like those anywhere?
Might be interesting to be able to pull that for a public report, OpEd, or campaign in the future. Or perhaps some interesting memes around WP15.
-greg
On Oct 12, 2015, at 1:18 PM, Juliet Barbara jbarbara@wikimedia.org wrote:
I just love this response:
Wikipedia will always be my best mentor, winning an argument with solid and reliable facts might have been a good way to use it, but Wikipedia taught me far beyond that, sciences and philosophies, arts and mythologies, without Wikipedia there wouldn't be me sitting here. Thank you, Wikipedia! Salute to the spirit of spreading knowledge without differences!
On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org mailto:jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153583927168346 https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153583927168346
On 11 October 2015 at 15:54, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org mailto:jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote: It's a common theme, every year or so there are a couple articles people write about using wikipedia to settle their trivia bets etc (similar to helping them pass their exams). Back in the day I've even had a Twitter conversation about it with people who were doing a trivia quiz.
Tldr: yeah think it'll be fun :)
Sent from my iPhone
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 x6716 tel:%2B1%20415-839-6885%20x6716
On Oct 11, 2015, at 07:07, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org mailto:jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
I think this looks good. :)
Joe
On Sunday, 11 October 2015, Jeff Elder <jelder@wikimedia.org mailto:jelder@wikimedia.org> wrote: Should we post this question on our Facebook page? In a recent video experiment it seemed to resonate with people.
Have you ever used Wikipedia to settle a bet or resolve an argument? Did you win?
What do you think?
-- Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 tel:704-650-4130 @jeffelder https://twitter.com/JeffElder @wikipedia https://twitter.com/wikipedia The Wikimedia blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/
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I've looked at about 2,500 comments from the past two Sundays' discussion posts, which yielded roughly 31,000 comments. The general social media etiquette for brand managers, in my experience, would be reply to the comment we're interested in following up on, and ask the Facebook fan if we can use it off-platform and publicly.
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 Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Gregory Varnum greg.varnum@gmail.com wrote:
Does WMF track public comments like those anywhere?
Might be interesting to be able to pull that for a public report, OpEd, or campaign in the future. Or perhaps some interesting memes around WP15.
-greg
On Oct 12, 2015, at 1:18 PM, Juliet Barbara jbarbara@wikimedia.org wrote:
I just love this response:
Wikipedia will always be my best mentor, winning an argument with solid and reliable facts might have been a good way to use it, but Wikipedia taught me far beyond that, sciences and philosophies, arts and mythologies, without Wikipedia there wouldn't be me sitting here. Thank you, Wikipedia! Salute to the spirit of spreading knowledge without differences!
On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org
wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153583927168346
On 11 October 2015 at 15:54, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
It's a common theme, every year or so there are a couple articles people write about using wikipedia to settle their trivia bets etc (similar to helping them pass their exams). Back in the day I've even had a Twitter conversation about it with people who were doing a trivia quiz.
Tldr: yeah think it'll be fun :)
Sent from my iPhone
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 x6716
On Oct 11, 2015, at 07:07, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
I think this looks good. :)
Joe
On Sunday, 11 October 2015, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
Should we post this question on our Facebook page? In a recent video experiment it seemed to resonate with people.
Have you ever used Wikipedia to settle a bet or resolve an argument? Did you win?
What do you think?
-- 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/
-- Sent from a device with a small keyboard with big fingers :)
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Good point, Greg. We have collected community stories and donor quotes. It might be a good idea to start adding these too to have them on hand for other projects. This is a wealth of good will - and data!
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
I've looked at about 2,500 comments from the past two Sundays' discussion posts, which yielded roughly 31,000 comments. The general social media etiquette for brand managers, in my experience, would be reply to the comment we're interested in following up on, and ask the Facebook fan if we can use it off-platform and publicly.
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 Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Gregory Varnum greg.varnum@gmail.com wrote:
Does WMF track public comments like those anywhere?
Might be interesting to be able to pull that for a public report, OpEd, or campaign in the future. Or perhaps some interesting memes around WP15.
-greg
On Oct 12, 2015, at 1:18 PM, Juliet Barbara jbarbara@wikimedia.org wrote:
I just love this response:
Wikipedia will always be my best mentor, winning an argument with solid and reliable facts might have been a good way to use it, but Wikipedia taught me far beyond that, sciences and philosophies, arts and mythologies, without Wikipedia there wouldn't be me sitting here. Thank you, Wikipedia! Salute to the spirit of spreading knowledge without differences!
On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Joe Sutherland < jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153583927168346
On 11 October 2015 at 15:54, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
It's a common theme, every year or so there are a couple articles people write about using wikipedia to settle their trivia bets etc (similar to helping them pass their exams). Back in the day I've even had a Twitter conversation about it with people who were doing a trivia quiz.
Tldr: yeah think it'll be fun :)
Sent from my iPhone
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 x6716
On Oct 11, 2015, at 07:07, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
I think this looks good. :)
Joe
On Sunday, 11 October 2015, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
Should we post this question on our Facebook page? In a recent video experiment it seemed to resonate with people.
Have you ever used Wikipedia to settle a bet or resolve an argument? Did you win?
What do you think?
-- 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/
-- Sent from a device with a small keyboard with big fingers :)
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I like Jeff’s note about the etiquette, and agree it would be best to ask permission before using.
If we have the resources and are already monitoring the comments, seems like documenting the best ones and requesting usage might be helpful to other efforts. That said, I obviously defer to others on if that’s how to best allocate limited resources. ;)
Out of curiosity, how accessible are the collected stories and quotes? Does all WMF staff have access? Are they lurking on Meta (which sometimes feels like the best place to hide something)? Or is it sort of spread across different docs accessible to different folks depending on who was doing what when the story/quote came in?
-greg
On Oct 12, 2015, at 1:41 PM, Juliet Barbara jbarbara@wikimedia.org wrote:
Good point, Greg. We have collected community stories and donor quotes. It might be a good idea to start adding these too to have them on hand for other projects. This is a wealth of good will - and data!
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Jeff Elder <jelder@wikimedia.org mailto:jelder@wikimedia.org> wrote: I've looked at about 2,500 comments from the past two Sundays' discussion posts, which yielded roughly 31,000 comments. The general social media etiquette for brand managers, in my experience, would be reply to the comment we're interested in following up on, and ask the Facebook fan if we can use it off-platform and publicly.
Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 tel:704-650-4130 @jeffelder https://twitter.com/JeffElder @wikipedia https://twitter.com/wikipedia The Wikimedia blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/ On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Gregory Varnum <greg.varnum@gmail.com mailto:greg.varnum@gmail.com> wrote: Does WMF track public comments like those anywhere?
Might be interesting to be able to pull that for a public report, OpEd, or campaign in the future. Or perhaps some interesting memes around WP15.
-greg
On Oct 12, 2015, at 1:18 PM, Juliet Barbara <jbarbara@wikimedia.org mailto:jbarbara@wikimedia.org> wrote:
I just love this response:
Wikipedia will always be my best mentor, winning an argument with solid and reliable facts might have been a good way to use it, but Wikipedia taught me far beyond that, sciences and philosophies, arts and mythologies, without Wikipedia there wouldn't be me sitting here. Thank you, Wikipedia! Salute to the spirit of spreading knowledge without differences!
On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org mailto:jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153583927168346 https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153583927168346
On 11 October 2015 at 15:54, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org mailto:jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote: It's a common theme, every year or so there are a couple articles people write about using wikipedia to settle their trivia bets etc (similar to helping them pass their exams). Back in the day I've even had a Twitter conversation about it with people who were doing a trivia quiz.
Tldr: yeah think it'll be fun :)
Sent from my iPhone
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 x6716 tel:%2B1%20415-839-6885%20x6716
On Oct 11, 2015, at 07:07, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org mailto:jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
I think this looks good. :)
Joe
On Sunday, 11 October 2015, Jeff Elder <jelder@wikimedia.org mailto:jelder@wikimedia.org> wrote: Should we post this question on our Facebook page? In a recent video experiment it seemed to resonate with people.
Have you ever used Wikipedia to settle a bet or resolve an argument? Did you win?
What do you think?
-- Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 tel:704-650-4130 @jeffelder https://twitter.com/JeffElder @wikipedia https://twitter.com/wikipedia The Wikimedia blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/
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We might have to run it by legal before we do anything with the comments; not sure if there'll be an issue with a lack of release forms etc.
Joe
On 12 October 2015 at 18:47, Gregory Varnum greg.varnum@gmail.com wrote:
I like Jeff’s note about the etiquette, and agree it would be best to ask permission before using.
If we have the resources and are already monitoring the comments, seems like documenting the best ones and requesting usage might be helpful to other efforts. That said, I obviously defer to others on if that’s how to best allocate limited resources. ;)
Out of curiosity, how accessible are the collected stories and quotes? Does all WMF staff have access? Are they lurking on Meta (which sometimes feels like the best place to hide something)? Or is it sort of spread across different docs accessible to different folks depending on who was doing what when the story/quote came in?
-greg
On Oct 12, 2015, at 1:41 PM, Juliet Barbara jbarbara@wikimedia.org wrote:
Good point, Greg. We have collected community stories and donor quotes. It might be a good idea to start adding these too to have them on hand for other projects. This is a wealth of good will - and data!
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
I've looked at about 2,500 comments from the past two Sundays' discussion posts, which yielded roughly 31,000 comments. The general social media etiquette for brand managers, in my experience, would be reply to the comment we're interested in following up on, and ask the Facebook fan if we can use it off-platform and publicly.
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 Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Gregory Varnum greg.varnum@gmail.com wrote:
Does WMF track public comments like those anywhere?
Might be interesting to be able to pull that for a public report, OpEd, or campaign in the future. Or perhaps some interesting memes around WP15.
-greg
On Oct 12, 2015, at 1:18 PM, Juliet Barbara jbarbara@wikimedia.org wrote:
I just love this response:
Wikipedia will always be my best mentor, winning an argument with solid and reliable facts might have been a good way to use it, but Wikipedia taught me far beyond that, sciences and philosophies, arts and mythologies, without Wikipedia there wouldn't be me sitting here. Thank you, Wikipedia! Salute to the spirit of spreading knowledge without differences!
On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Joe Sutherland < jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153583927168346
On 11 October 2015 at 15:54, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
It's a common theme, every year or so there are a couple articles people write about using wikipedia to settle their trivia bets etc (similar to helping them pass their exams). Back in the day I've even had a Twitter conversation about it with people who were doing a trivia quiz.
Tldr: yeah think it'll be fun :)
Sent from my iPhone
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On Oct 11, 2015, at 07:07, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
I think this looks good. :)
Joe
On Sunday, 11 October 2015, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
Should we post this question on our Facebook page? In a recent video experiment it seemed to resonate with people.
Have you ever used Wikipedia to settle a bet or resolve an argument? Did you win?
What do you think?
-- 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/
-- Sent from a device with a small keyboard with big fingers :)
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And I believe they are off-wiki for similar reasons.
--Ed
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
We might have to run it by legal before we do anything with the comments; not sure if there'll be an issue with a lack of release forms etc.
Joe
On 12 October 2015 at 18:47, Gregory Varnum greg.varnum@gmail.com wrote:
I like Jeff’s note about the etiquette, and agree it would be best to ask permission before using.
If we have the resources and are already monitoring the comments, seems like documenting the best ones and requesting usage might be helpful to other efforts. That said, I obviously defer to others on if that’s how to best allocate limited resources. ;)
Out of curiosity, how accessible are the collected stories and quotes? Does all WMF staff have access? Are they lurking on Meta (which sometimes feels like the best place to hide something)? Or is it sort of spread across different docs accessible to different folks depending on who was doing what when the story/quote came in?
-greg
On Oct 12, 2015, at 1:41 PM, Juliet Barbara jbarbara@wikimedia.org wrote:
Good point, Greg. We have collected community stories and donor quotes. It might be a good idea to start adding these too to have them on hand for other projects. This is a wealth of good will - and data!
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
I've looked at about 2,500 comments from the past two Sundays' discussion posts, which yielded roughly 31,000 comments. The general social media etiquette for brand managers, in my experience, would be reply to the comment we're interested in following up on, and ask the Facebook fan if we can use it off-platform and publicly.
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 Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Gregory Varnum greg.varnum@gmail.com wrote:
Does WMF track public comments like those anywhere?
Might be interesting to be able to pull that for a public report, OpEd, or campaign in the future. Or perhaps some interesting memes around WP15.
-greg
On Oct 12, 2015, at 1:18 PM, Juliet Barbara jbarbara@wikimedia.org wrote:
I just love this response:
Wikipedia will always be my best mentor, winning an argument with solid and reliable facts might have been a good way to use it, but Wikipedia taught me far beyond that, sciences and philosophies, arts and mythologies, without Wikipedia there wouldn't be me sitting here. Thank you, Wikipedia! Salute to the spirit of spreading knowledge without differences!
On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Joe Sutherland < jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153583927168346
On 11 October 2015 at 15:54, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org
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It's a common theme, every year or so there are a couple articles people write about using wikipedia to settle their trivia bets etc (similar to helping them pass their exams). Back in the day I've even had a Twitter conversation about it with people who were doing a trivia quiz.
Tldr: yeah think it'll be fun :)
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On Oct 11, 2015, at 07:07, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
I think this looks good. :)
Joe
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> Should we post this question on our Facebook page? In a recent video > experiment it seemed to resonate with people. > > Have you ever used Wikipedia to settle a bet or resolve an argument? > Did you win? > > What do you think? > > > -- > 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/ > >
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+1 what Joe said.
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
We might have to run it by legal before we do anything with the comments; not sure if there'll be an issue with a lack of release forms etc.
Joe
On 12 October 2015 at 18:47, Gregory Varnum greg.varnum@gmail.com wrote:
I like Jeff’s note about the etiquette, and agree it would be best to ask permission before using.
If we have the resources and are already monitoring the comments, seems like documenting the best ones and requesting usage might be helpful to other efforts. That said, I obviously defer to others on if that’s how to best allocate limited resources. ;)
Out of curiosity, how accessible are the collected stories and quotes? Does all WMF staff have access? Are they lurking on Meta (which sometimes feels like the best place to hide something)? Or is it sort of spread across different docs accessible to different folks depending on who was doing what when the story/quote came in?
-greg
On Oct 12, 2015, at 1:41 PM, Juliet Barbara jbarbara@wikimedia.org wrote:
Good point, Greg. We have collected community stories and donor quotes. It might be a good idea to start adding these too to have them on hand for other projects. This is a wealth of good will - and data!
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
I've looked at about 2,500 comments from the past two Sundays' discussion posts, which yielded roughly 31,000 comments. The general social media etiquette for brand managers, in my experience, would be reply to the comment we're interested in following up on, and ask the Facebook fan if we can use it off-platform and publicly.
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On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Gregory Varnum greg.varnum@gmail.com wrote:
Does WMF track public comments like those anywhere?
Might be interesting to be able to pull that for a public report, OpEd, or campaign in the future. Or perhaps some interesting memes around WP15.
-greg
On Oct 12, 2015, at 1:18 PM, Juliet Barbara jbarbara@wikimedia.org wrote:
I just love this response:
Wikipedia will always be my best mentor, winning an argument with solid and reliable facts might have been a good way to use it, but Wikipedia taught me far beyond that, sciences and philosophies, arts and mythologies, without Wikipedia there wouldn't be me sitting here. Thank you, Wikipedia! Salute to the spirit of spreading knowledge without differences!
On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Joe Sutherland < jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153583927168346
On 11 October 2015 at 15:54, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org
wrote:
It's a common theme, every year or so there are a couple articles people write about using wikipedia to settle their trivia bets etc (similar to helping them pass their exams). Back in the day I've even had a Twitter conversation about it with people who were doing a trivia quiz.
Tldr: yeah think it'll be fun :)
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On Oct 11, 2015, at 07:07, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
I think this looks good. :)
Joe
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I’m not sure who the best person to do that would be, but I could ask Stephen when I chat with him next if no one else is interested. :)
To my knowledge, the only “on-wiki” place that anything like this exists is: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Stories2/en
Which, perhaps intentionally lacks specific details because of past input from Legal. Not sure.
-greg
On Oct 13, 2015, at 10:10 AM, Victor Grigas vgrigas@wikimedia.org wrote:
+1 what Joe said.
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org mailto:jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote: We might have to run it by legal before we do anything with the comments; not sure if there'll be an issue with a lack of release forms etc.
Joe
On 12 October 2015 at 18:47, Gregory Varnum <greg.varnum@gmail.com mailto:greg.varnum@gmail.com> wrote: I like Jeff’s note about the etiquette, and agree it would be best to ask permission before using.
If we have the resources and are already monitoring the comments, seems like documenting the best ones and requesting usage might be helpful to other efforts. That said, I obviously defer to others on if that’s how to best allocate limited resources. ;)
Out of curiosity, how accessible are the collected stories and quotes? Does all WMF staff have access? Are they lurking on Meta (which sometimes feels like the best place to hide something)? Or is it sort of spread across different docs accessible to different folks depending on who was doing what when the story/quote came in?
-greg
On Oct 12, 2015, at 1:41 PM, Juliet Barbara <jbarbara@wikimedia.org mailto:jbarbara@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Good point, Greg. We have collected community stories and donor quotes. It might be a good idea to start adding these too to have them on hand for other projects. This is a wealth of good will - and data!
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Jeff Elder <jelder@wikimedia.org mailto:jelder@wikimedia.org> wrote: I've looked at about 2,500 comments from the past two Sundays' discussion posts, which yielded roughly 31,000 comments. The general social media etiquette for brand managers, in my experience, would be reply to the comment we're interested in following up on, and ask the Facebook fan if we can use it off-platform and publicly.
Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 tel:704-650-4130 @jeffelder https://twitter.com/JeffElder @wikipedia https://twitter.com/wikipedia The Wikimedia blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/ On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Gregory Varnum <greg.varnum@gmail.com mailto:greg.varnum@gmail.com> wrote: Does WMF track public comments like those anywhere?
Might be interesting to be able to pull that for a public report, OpEd, or campaign in the future. Or perhaps some interesting memes around WP15.
-greg
On Oct 12, 2015, at 1:18 PM, Juliet Barbara <jbarbara@wikimedia.org mailto:jbarbara@wikimedia.org> wrote:
I just love this response:
Wikipedia will always be my best mentor, winning an argument with solid and reliable facts might have been a good way to use it, but Wikipedia taught me far beyond that, sciences and philosophies, arts and mythologies, without Wikipedia there wouldn't be me sitting here. Thank you, Wikipedia! Salute to the spirit of spreading knowledge without differences!
On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org mailto:jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153583927168346 https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153583927168346
On 11 October 2015 at 15:54, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org mailto:jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote: It's a common theme, every year or so there are a couple articles people write about using wikipedia to settle their trivia bets etc (similar to helping them pass their exams). Back in the day I've even had a Twitter conversation about it with people who were doing a trivia quiz.
Tldr: yeah think it'll be fun :)
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On Oct 11, 2015, at 07:07, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org mailto:jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
I think this looks good. :)
Joe
On Sunday, 11 October 2015, Jeff Elder <jelder@wikimedia.org mailto:jelder@wikimedia.org> wrote: Should we post this question on our Facebook page? In a recent video experiment it seemed to resonate with people.
Have you ever used Wikipedia to settle a bet or resolve an argument? Did you win?
What do you think?
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