These are great Katherine! Especially thanks to Tess for curating these ideas. I think this is what our followers would really enjoy and more importantly share with their friends. On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Some suggested posts from a volunteer. What do you think? > > mobile. > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Tess Mayall" <tess(a)mayall.com> > Date: Jul 22, 2015 7:58 AM > Subject: Re: Facebook posts > To: "Katherine Maher" <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> > Cc: > > > Hi Katherine, > > > > No problem at all. Wikimania looks like it was a huge success, > congrats! Below are a few more posts, the bottom one is more evergreen > content rather than news. > > > > Stephen Hawking announced a $100 million hunt for alien life this > week. Did you know that he is the only guest star to play himself in the > Star Trek universe? > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking_in_popular_culture > > > > How does CRISPR work? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR > > > > Be careful playing too much Candy Crush or Farmville. The Tetris > syndrome causes people to hallucinate or dream about the games they’re > playing when they play too much. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect > > > > Have a great week! > > > > Tess > > > > From: Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> > > To: Tess Mayall <tess(a)mayall.com> > > Sent: 7/21/2015 10:28 PM > > Subject: Re: Facebook posts > > > >> Hi Tess, > >> > >> Apologies for the delay in getting back to you, things were a > little crazy with Wikimania! I hope you're doing well! > >> > >> Thanks for the kind words with regards to the latest news posts -- > we're experimenting with how well they do on social, and it seems > promising. Sort of silly it's never been done before :) And thank you for > sending the ideas for social! I apologize that we didn't get the chance to > follow up on them, they're quite compelling. I especially like the > Pentaquark, which would be very interesting to our global audience. > >> > >> > >> > >> Katherine > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Tess Mayall <tess(a)mayall.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Katherine, > >>> > >>> It was great talking with you a few weeks ago. I’ve been closely > following all of wiki’s social media posts - I love that you've been > posting on the latest news! > >>> > >>> Below are a few other topical posts I thought might be good for > Wikipedia’s Facebook page: > >>> > >>> The pentaquark may have been proven yesterday, but it's been > predicted since the 60's. Read the full story behind the world's hottest > particle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentaquark > >>> > >>> 1st generation of #ipod: 5 GB for $399, new #ipodtouch: 128 GB for > $400 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod > >>> > >>> Happy Birthday Arianna Huffington! Did you know her birth name was > Ariadnē-Anna Stasinopoúlou? Stasinopoúlou Post doesn't have quite the same > ring to it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianna_Huffington > >>> > >>> Hope this is helpful. If you’re ok with it, I might send you some > ideas every few days. > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >>> Tess > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Katherine Maher > >> Chief Communications Officer > >> Wikimedia Foundation > >> 149 New Montgomery Street > >> San Francisco, CA 94105 > >> > >> +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > >> +1 (415) 712 4873 > >> kmaher(a)wikimedia.org > >> > >> > -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

On 22 July 2015 at 18:31, Michael Guss <mguss(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: Hi Katherine, We shared the tetris effect, by the looks of the comments, it is resonating (I also thought it would be suitable for Twitter and G+): Fb: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153402977008346 @wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/623906601703833600/photo/1 Wikipedia G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/GvT2b3… > On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Awesome! I will connect you two directly. :) > >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Michael Guss <mguss(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: >> These are great Katherine! Especially thanks to Tess for curating these ideas. I think this is what our followers would really enjoy and more importantly share with their friends. >> >>> On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: >>> Some suggested posts from a volunteer. What do you think? >>> >>> mobile. >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: "Tess Mayall" <tess(a)mayall.com> >>> Date: Jul 22, 2015 7:58 AM >>> Subject: Re: Facebook posts >>> To: "Katherine Maher" <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> >>> Cc: >>> >>> > Hi Katherine, >>> > >>> > No problem at all. Wikimania looks like it was a huge success, congrats! Below are a few more posts, the bottom one is more evergreen content rather than news. >>> > >>> > Stephen Hawking announced a $100 million hunt for alien life this week. Did you know that he is the only guest star to play himself in the Star Trek universe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking_in_popular_culture >>> > >>> > How does CRISPR work? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR >>> > >>> > Be careful playing too much Candy Crush or Farmville. The Tetris syndrome causes people to hallucinate or dream about the games they’re playing when they play too much. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect >>> > >>> > Have a great week! >>> > >>> > Tess >>> > >>> > From: Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> >>> > To: Tess Mayall <tess(a)mayall.com> >>> > Sent: 7/21/2015 10:28 PM >>> > Subject: Re: Facebook posts >>> > >>> >> Hi Tess, >>> >> >>> >> Apologies for the delay in getting back to you, things were a little crazy with Wikimania! I hope you're doing well! >>> >> >>> >> Thanks for the kind words with regards to the latest news posts -- we're experimenting with how well they do on social, and it seems promising. Sort of silly it's never been done before :) And thank you for sending the ideas for social! I apologize that we didn't get the chance to follow up on them, they're quite compelling. I especially like the Pentaquark, which would be very interesting to our global audience. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Katherine >>> >> >>> >> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Tess Mayall <tess(a)mayall.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi Katherine, >>> >>> >>> >>> It was great talking with you a few weeks ago. I’ve been closely following all of wiki’s social media posts - I love that you've been posting on the latest news! >>> >>> >>> >>> Below are a few other topical posts I thought might be good for Wikipedia’s Facebook page: >>> >>> >>> >>> The pentaquark may have been proven yesterday, but it's been predicted since the 60's. Read the full story behind the world's hottest particle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentaquark >>> >>> >>> >>> 1st generation of #ipod: 5 GB for $399, new #ipodtouch: 128 GB for $400 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod >>> >>> >>> >>> Happy Birthday Arianna Huffington! Did you know her birth name was Ariadnē-Anna Stasinopoúlou? Stasinopoúlou Post doesn't have quite the same ring to it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianna_Huffington >>> >>> >>> >>> Hope this is helpful. If you’re ok with it, I might send you some ideas every few days. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> >>> Tess >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Katherine Maher >>> >> Chief Communications Officer >>> >> Wikimedia Foundation >>> >> 149 New Montgomery Street >>> >> San Francisco, CA 94105 >>> >> >>> >> +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 >>> >> +1 (415) 712 4873 >>> >> kmaher(a)wikimedia.org >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Guss >> Research Analyst >> Wikimediafoundation.org >> mguss(a)wikimedia.org > > > > -- > Katherine Maher > Chief Communications Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > 149 New Montgomery Street > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > +1 (415) 712 4873 > kmaher(a)wikimedia.org -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media

This seems like something we could (should?) be doing more often I think. Thanks Michael for getting these out. Joe On 22 July 2015 at 18:31, Michael Guss &lt;mguss(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > Hi Katherine, > > We shared the tetris effect, by the looks of the comments, it is > resonating (I also thought it would be suitable for Twitter and G+): > > Fb: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153402977008346 > > @wikipedia: > https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/623906601703833600/photo/1 > > Wikipedia G+: > https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/GvT2b3… > > > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Katherine Maher &lt;kmaher(a)wikimedia.org > > wrote: > >> Awesome! I will connect you two directly. :) >> >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Michael Guss &lt;mguss(a)wikimedia.org&gt; >> wrote: >> >>> These are great Katherine! Especially thanks to Tess for curating >>> these ideas. I think this is what our followers would really enjoy and more >>> importantly share with their friends. >>> >>> On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, Katherine Maher &lt;kmaher(a)wikimedia.org&gt; >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Some suggested posts from a volunteer. What do you think? >>>> >>>> mobile. >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: "Tess Mayall" &lt;tess(a)mayall.com&gt; >>>> Date: Jul 22, 2015 7:58 AM >>>> Subject: Re: Facebook posts >>>> To: "Katherine Maher" &lt;kmaher(a)wikimedia.org&gt; >>>> Cc: >>>> >>>> > Hi Katherine, >>>> > >>>> > No problem at all. Wikimania looks like it was a huge success, >>>> congrats! Below are a few more posts, the bottom one is more evergreen >>>> content rather than news. >>>> > >>>> > Stephen Hawking announced a $100 million hunt for alien life this >>>> week. Did you know that he is the only guest star to play himself in the >>>> Star Trek universe? >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking_in_popular_culture >>>> > >>>> > How does CRISPR work? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR >>>> > >>>> > Be careful playing too much Candy Crush or Farmville. The Tetris >>>> syndrome causes people to hallucinate or dream about the games they’re >>>> playing when they play too much. >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect >>>> > >>>> > Have a great week! >>>> > >>>> > Tess >>>> > >>>> > From: Katherine Maher &lt;kmaher(a)wikimedia.org&gt; >>>> > To: Tess Mayall &lt;tess(a)mayall.com&gt; >>>> > Sent: 7/21/2015 10:28 PM >>>> > Subject: Re: Facebook posts >>>> > >>>> >> Hi Tess, >>>> >> >>>> >> Apologies for the delay in getting back to you, things were a >>>> little crazy with Wikimania! I hope you're doing well! >>>> >> >>>> >> Thanks for the kind words with regards to the latest news posts >>>> -- we're experimenting with how well they do on social, and it seems >>>> promising. Sort of silly it's never been done before :) And thank you for >>>> sending the ideas for social! I apologize that we didn't get the chance to >>>> follow up on them, they're quite compelling. I especially like the >>>> Pentaquark, which would be very interesting to our global audience. >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> Katherine >>>> >> >>>> >> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Tess Mayall &lt;tess(a)mayall.com&gt; >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Hi Katherine, >>>> >>> >>>> >>> It was great talking with you a few weeks ago. I’ve been >>>> closely following all of wiki’s social media posts - I love that you've >>>> been posting on the latest news! >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Below are a few other topical posts I thought might be good for >>>> Wikipedia’s Facebook page: >>>> >>> >>>> >>> The pentaquark may have been proven yesterday, but it's been >>>> predicted since the 60's. Read the full story behind the world's hottest >>>> particle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentaquark >>>> >>> >>>> >>> 1st generation of #ipod: 5 GB for $399, new #ipodtouch: 128 GB >>>> for $400 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Happy Birthday Arianna Huffington! Did you know her birth name >>>> was Ariadnē-Anna Stasinopoúlou? Stasinopoúlou Post doesn't have quite the >>>> same ring to it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianna_Huffington >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Hope this is helpful. If you’re ok with it, I might send you >>>> some ideas every few days. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Thanks! >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Tess >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> -- >>>> >> Katherine Maher >>>> >> Chief Communications Officer >>>> >> Wikimedia Foundation >>>> >> 149 New Montgomery Street >>>> >> San Francisco, CA 94105 >>>> >> >>>> >> +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 >>>> >> +1 (415) 712 4873 >>>> >> kmaher(a)wikimedia.org >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Michael Guss >>> Research Analyst >>> Wikimediafoundation.org >>> mguss(a)wikimedia.org >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Katherine Maher >> Chief Communications Officer >> Wikimedia Foundation >> 149 New Montgomery Street >> San Francisco, CA 94105 >> >> +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 >> +1 (415) 712 4873 >> kmaher(a)wikimedia.org >> > > > > -- > Michael Guss > Research Analyst > Wikimediafoundation.org > mguss(a)wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)> _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media