On May 27, 2015, at 6:16 PM, Joe Sutherland &lt;jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: Surely this should be "...'fowl' jokes on Wikipedia" (not "to")? Otherwise LGTM, except I'd go with this for FB/G+ (or similar): When John Oliver called on the Internet to edit the Wikipedia biographies of US congressional representatives, the Internet answered -- and Wikipedia's volunteer editors started to clean up the vandalism. (link) best, Joe On 28 May 2015 at 01:49, Andrew Sherman &lt;asherman(a)wikimedia.org <mailto:asherman@wikimedia.org>> wrote: Hello Everyone, We just published "A dark side of comedy: the impact of John Oliver’s ‘fowl’ jokes to Wikipedia" to the blog. URL: https://blog.wikimedia.org/ <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>2015/05/27/dark-side-of-comedy/ Thanks to Ed for writing and adapting his post from the Signpost to the blog. Thanks as well to Fabrice for editing. Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia): • A dark side of comedy: the #Wikipedia volunteers cleaning up behind @iamJohnOliver/@LastWeekTonight's fowl jokes (link) • Behind the veil: #Wikipedia volunteers clean up vandalism wrought by @LastWeekTonight's fowl jokes (link) Facebook/Google+ • When John Oliver called on the Internet to edit the Wikipedia biographies of US congressional representatives, the Internet answered. This required Wikipedia's volunteer editors to clean up vandalism on a wide range of articles. (link) Thanks, -- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation E: asherman(a)wikimedia.org <mailto:asherman@wikimedia.org> WMF: ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)> _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media> -- Joe Sutherland Communications Volunteer 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

On May 27, 2015, at 6:39 PM, Joe Sutherland &lt;jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: Hi Ed - my reasoning is that something has an impact on something, not to something, so it didn’t make a lot of sense. But it’s just a little nitpick really! Joe On 28 May 2015 at 2:38:13 am, Ed Erhart (the.ed17(a)gmail.com <mailto:the.ed17@gmail.com>) wrote: -- Joe Sutherland Communications Volunteer m: +44 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu>

I'm not sure its really a dark side, so much as a downside. Dark sides conjure up human rights abuses. Downsides are frustrating setbacks. Can we adjust? On May 28, 2015 4:46 AM, "Fabrice Florin" &lt;fflorin(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > Thank you Joe for your constructive feedback — and thank you Ed for your > flexibility :) > > I updated the blog post as well. > > Cheers, > > > Fabrice > > > On May 27, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Ed Erhart &lt;the.ed17(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > I'm fine with either construction! Thanks for looking at it, Joe--I'm > appreciate it. > > --Ed > > On May 27, 2015, at 6:39 PM, Joe Sutherland &lt;jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org&gt; > wrote: > > Hi Ed - my reasoning is that something has an impact *on* something, not > *to* something, so it didn’t make a lot of sense. But it’s just a little > nitpick really! > > Joe > > On 28 May 2015 at 2:38:13 am, Ed Erhart (the.ed17(a)gmail.com) wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm fine with that change. I thought that it might be interpreted as John > Oliver editing Wikipedia himself, that's all. > > I'll send a fuller email tomorrow to introduce myself, but I'm happy to > help anyone who has questions about the Wikimedia community! Please feel > free to email me at any time. > > --Ed > On May 27, 2015 9:27 PM, "Fabrice Florin" &lt;fflorin(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > >> Yeah, I’m having second thoughts about that too … Ed, would you mind >> if we used the wording which Joe suggests? It just doesn’t seem right as it >> is. >> >> Other than that, I’m really glad that we published this piece, and am >> very grateful to Ed for adapting it for the blog. >> >> This is as good a time as any to welcome Ed as our new content editor >> for the blog and community profiles for the summer. >> >> Welcome aboard, Ed! We look forward to learning from your experience as >> editor emeritus on the Signpost and doing some great work together. :) >> >> >> Fabrice >> >> >> >> On May 27, 2015, at 6:16 PM, Joe Sutherland &lt;jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org&gt; >> wrote: >> >> Surely this should be "...'fowl' jokes *on* Wikipedia" (not "to")? >> >> Otherwise LGTM, except I'd go with this for FB/G+ (or similar): >> >> - When John Oliver called on the Internet to edit the Wikipedia >> biographies of US congressional representatives, the Internet answered -- >> and Wikipedia's volunteer editors started to clean up the vandalism. (link) >> >> best, >> Joe >> >> On 28 May 2015 at 01:49, Andrew Sherman &lt;asherman(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: >> >>> Hello Everyone, >>> >>> We just published "A dark side of comedy: the impact of John Oliver’s >>> ‘fowl’ jokes to Wikipedia" to the blog. URL: >>> >>> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/27/dark-side-of-comedy/ >>> >>> Thanks to Ed for writing and adapting his post from the Signpost to the >>> blog. Thanks as well to Fabrice for editing. >>> >>> Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. >>> >>> *Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):* >>> >>> • A dark side of comedy: the #Wikipedia volunteers cleaning up behind >>> @iamJohnOliver/@LastWeekTonight's fowl jokes (link) >>> >>> • Behind the veil: #Wikipedia volunteers clean up vandalism wrought by >>> @LastWeekTonight's fowl jokes (link) >>> >>> *Facebook/Google+* >>> >>> • When John Oliver called on the Internet to edit the Wikipedia >>> biographies of US congressional representatives, the Internet answered. >>> This required Wikipedia's volunteer editors to clean up vandalism on a wide >>> range of articles. (link) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -- >>> Andrew Sherman >>> Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation >>> >>> *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org >>> *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Joe Sutherland* >> Communications Volunteer >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- > *Joe Sutherland* > Communications Volunteer > m: +44 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > >

I had read "dark side" as referring to the notion that it was unethical to cause (as a guess) tens of hours of volunteer cleanup work, and disrupt the reading experience of thousands of people, just to be able to make that one joke on TV. Not quite on the level of waterboarding said volunteers and readers for sure ;) but yes, a cynical element that doesn't quite fit into the image of the show as constantly fighting injustices. On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 10:53 PM, Ed Erhart &lt;the.ed17(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: or negative we wrote: your to nitpick John feel wrote: if it is. as jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org&gt; answered -- (link) wrote: the needed. by answered. This wide range -- Tilman Bayer Senior Analyst Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media

We have shared: Fb: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153278347703346 @wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/603998553241833472 @wikimedia: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/27/dark-side-of-comedy/ Wikipedia G +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/8jy4f1… Wikimedia G +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/8jy4f1… On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Michael Guss &lt;mguss(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: -- 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