Hey all,
We just published "News on Wikipedia: Australian leadership switch, crane collapse at Mecca, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/15/australian-politics-and-crane-collapse...
We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the rest of the week to keep things timely.
Please do comment for tone.
*Twitter:*
• .@TurnbullMalcolm has replaced @TonyAbbottMHR as Prime Minister of Australia. #NewsOnWikipedia • A crane collapsed onto the Masjid al-Haram this week, killing 111 people. #NewsOnWikipedia • Several EU countries have reinstated border controls to cope with migrants. #NewsOnWikipedia • Left-winger @jeremycorbyn is the new UK Leader of the Opposition. #NewsOnWikipedia • A new hominid species was discovered in South Africa last week. #NewsOnWikipedia
*Facebook/G+:*
• Following weeks of speculation, Malcolm Turnbull has completed his replacement of Tony Abbott as Prime Minister of Australia. #NewsOnWikipedia • A crane collapsed onto the Masjid al-Haram this week, just weeks before the annual Hajj. #NewsOnWikipedia • The migrant crisis in Europe gets worse this week, with Germany and Austria reinstating border controls and Hungary declaring a state of emergency. #NewsOnWikipedia • Jeremy Corbyn, once the rank outsider for the position, won an overwhelming victory in the Labour Party's leadership election in the UK. #NewsOnWikipedia • Paleontologists are conflicted on whether or not a newly-discovered species shares our genus. #NewsOnWikipedia
best, Joe
Note: Personally I'm not too fond of the term "left-winger", but there doesn't seem to be another way of describing Corbyn's socialist leanings as succinctly.
On 15 September 2015 at 21:56, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hey all,
We just published "News on Wikipedia: Australian leadership switch, crane collapse at Mecca, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/15/australian-politics-and-crane-collapse...
We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the rest of the week to keep things timely.
Please do comment for tone.
*Twitter:*
• .@TurnbullMalcolm has replaced @TonyAbbottMHR as Prime Minister of Australia. #NewsOnWikipedia • A crane collapsed onto the Masjid al-Haram this week, killing 111 people. #NewsOnWikipedia • Several EU countries have reinstated border controls to cope with migrants. #NewsOnWikipedia • Left-winger @jeremycorbyn is the new UK Leader of the Opposition. #NewsOnWikipedia • A new hominid species was discovered in South Africa last week. #NewsOnWikipedia
*Facebook/G+:*
• Following weeks of speculation, Malcolm Turnbull has completed his replacement of Tony Abbott as Prime Minister of Australia. #NewsOnWikipedia • A crane collapsed onto the Masjid al-Haram this week, just weeks before the annual Hajj. #NewsOnWikipedia • The migrant crisis in Europe gets worse this week, with Germany and Austria reinstating border controls and Hungary declaring a state of emergency. #NewsOnWikipedia • Jeremy Corbyn, once the rank outsider for the position, won an overwhelming victory in the Labour Party's leadership election in the UK. #NewsOnWikipedia • Paleontologists are conflicted on whether or not a newly-discovered species shares our genus. #NewsOnWikipedia
best, Joe
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Thanks Joe! Thoughts inline
James Alexander Manager Trust & Safety Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hey all,
We just published "News on Wikipedia: Australian leadership switch, crane collapse at Mecca, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/15/australian-politics-and-crane-collapse...
We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the rest of the week to keep things timely.
Please do comment for tone.
*Twitter:*
• .@TurnbullMalcolm has replaced @TonyAbbottMHR as Prime Minister of Australia. #NewsOnWikipedia • A crane collapsed onto the Masjid al-Haram this week, killing 111 people. #NewsOnWikipedia • Several EU countries have reinstated border controls to cope with migrants. #NewsOnWikipedia • Left-winger @jeremycorbyn is the new UK Leader of the Opposition. #NewsOnWikipedia
Top 3 LGTM, 4th is fine.
Agree with you about left-winger hmmmm how about "the "left-wing" @jeremycorbyn" (using the quotes around left-wing to show that we're just using the term as used elsewhere).
• A new hominid species was discovered in South Africa last week. #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
*Facebook/G+:*
• Following weeks of speculation, Malcolm Turnbull has completed his replacement of Tony Abbott as Prime Minister of Australia. #NewsOnWikipedia • A crane collapsed onto the Masjid al-Haram this week, just weeks before the annual Hajj. #NewsOnWikipedia • The migrant crisis in Europe gets worse this week, with Germany and Austria reinstating border controls and Hungary declaring a state of emergency. #NewsOnWikipedia • Jeremy Corbyn, once the rank outsider for the position, won an overwhelming victory in the Labour Party's leadership election in the UK. #NewsOnWikipedia • Paleontologists are conflicted on whether or not a newly-discovered species shares our genus. #NewsOnWikipedia
best,
Joe
LGTM
We shared:
*Round 1 - Turnbull*
FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153536334318346 @Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/643973031396831232 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/643973038355181568 WP G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/aHP3pEn... WMF G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/po...
*Round 2 - Crane*
FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153536704678346 @Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/644182236078718976 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/644238601048465409 WP G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/8SkQU8E... WMF G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/po...
*Round 3 - migrants*
FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153537658868346 @Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/644226036901761025 @wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/644197584517656576 WP G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/LKChf3u... WMF G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/po...
*Round 4 - Corbyn*
FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153538813873346 @Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/644435712998289409 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/644435646438854656 WP G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/RRmbALH... WMF G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/po...
*Round 5 - homo naledi*
FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153541193093346 @Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/644903911896281088 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/644888948700004353 WP G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/4yGG58v... WMF G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/po...
On 15 September 2015 at 23:11, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks Joe! Thoughts inline
James Alexander Manager Trust & Safety Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hey all,
We just published "News on Wikipedia: Australian leadership switch, crane collapse at Mecca, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/15/australian-politics-and-crane-collapse...
We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the rest of the week to keep things timely.
Please do comment for tone.
*Twitter:*
• .@TurnbullMalcolm has replaced @TonyAbbottMHR as Prime Minister of Australia. #NewsOnWikipedia • A crane collapsed onto the Masjid al-Haram this week, killing 111 people. #NewsOnWikipedia • Several EU countries have reinstated border controls to cope with migrants. #NewsOnWikipedia • Left-winger @jeremycorbyn is the new UK Leader of the Opposition. #NewsOnWikipedia
Top 3 LGTM, 4th is fine.
Agree with you about left-winger hmmmm how about "the "left-wing" @jeremycorbyn" (using the quotes around left-wing to show that we're just using the term as used elsewhere).
• A new hominid species was discovered in South Africa last week. #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
*Facebook/G+:*
• Following weeks of speculation, Malcolm Turnbull has completed his replacement of Tony Abbott as Prime Minister of Australia. #NewsOnWikipedia • A crane collapsed onto the Masjid al-Haram this week, just weeks before the annual Hajj. #NewsOnWikipedia • The migrant crisis in Europe gets worse this week, with Germany and Austria reinstating border controls and Hungary declaring a state of emergency. #NewsOnWikipedia • Jeremy Corbyn, once the rank outsider for the position, won an overwhelming victory in the Labour Party's leadership election in the UK. #NewsOnWikipedia • Paleontologists are conflicted on whether or not a newly-discovered species shares our genus. #NewsOnWikipedia
best,
Joe
LGTM
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