Hi,
I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new Project and Event Grant to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus.
*FB/Google +*
Wikimedia ZA (https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA) receives Wikimedia Foundation Project and Event Grant to support the first gathering of Wikimedians from across Africa. Check out Wiki Indaba to learn more: http://wikiindaba.net!
Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Indaba_2014.jpeg
*Twitter*
@Wikimedia_ZA receives @Wikimedia Project & Event Grant to support the first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa at Wiki Indaba: http://wikiindaba.net.
Please note this is my first time using Twitter, so any feedback is appreciated!
Thanks,
Alex
Welcome Alex!
Some comments inline (if you think you'll do this often you are also welcome to join this mailing list, which is open to community and staff members interested in social media posts.
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new Project and Event Grant to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus.
*FB/Google +*
Wikimedia ZA (https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA) receives Wikimedia Foundation Project and Event Grant to support the first gathering of Wikimedians from across Africa. Check out Wiki Indaba to learn more: http://wikiindaba.net!
Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Indaba_2014.jpeg
The text looks good to me, sadly we can't do the image :( unless they want to put it into the public domain at least. The ToU with facebook does not allow us to post normal creative commons images (unless we, the foundation, own them). Instead of actually posting the link to their facebook page we'll just link their name.
*Twitter*
@Wikimedia_ZA receives @Wikimedia Project & Event Grant to support the first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa at Wiki Indaba: http://wikiindaba.net.
You generally don't want to start a tweet with @ (it turns it into a 'reply' and doesn't go into our main twitter timeline/stream. You can get around that with a period at the start (i.e. .@Wikimedia_ZA ) but probably best to reword without it at the front if we can.
hmm thinking about how to do that.
Please note this is my first time using Twitter, so any feedback is appreciated!
Thanks,
Alex
-- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Welcome Alex!
Some comments inline (if you think you'll do this often you are also welcome to join this mailing list, which is open to community and staff members interested in social media posts.
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new Project and Event Grant to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus.
*FB/Google +*
Wikimedia ZA (https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA) receives Wikimedia Foundation Project and Event Grant to support the first gathering of Wikimedians from across Africa. Check out Wiki Indaba to learn more: http://wikiindaba.net!
Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Indaba_2014.jpeg
The text looks good to me, sadly we can't do the image :( unless they want to put it into the public domain at least. The ToU with facebook does not allow us to post normal creative commons images (unless we, the foundation, own them). Instead of actually posting the link to their facebook page we'll just link their name.
*Twitter*
@Wikimedia_ZA receives @Wikimedia Project & Event Grant to support the first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa at Wiki Indaba: http://wikiindaba.net.
You generally don't want to start a tweet with @ (it turns it into a 'reply' and doesn't go into our main twitter timeline/stream. You can get around that with a period at the start (i.e. .@Wikimedia_ZA ) but probably best to reword without it at the front if we can.
hmm thinking about how to do that.
Maybe lead with the news about the Indaba? It's also a little long. I think we want to promote that it's happening more than the grant, right? If so, suggestion:
Wiki Indaba will be the first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa, hosted by @Wikimedia_ZA! http://wikiindaba.net
Please note this is my first time using Twitter, so any feedback is appreciated!
Thanks,
Alex
-- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Thanks for the suggestions. We do want to publicize the grants program though - to encourage more folks to apply!
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.orgwrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Welcome Alex!
Some comments inline (if you think you'll do this often you are also welcome to join this mailing list, which is open to community and staff members interested in social media posts.
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new Project and Event Grant to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus.
*FB/Google +*
Wikimedia ZA (https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA) receives Wikimedia Foundation Project and Event Grant to support the first gathering of Wikimedians from across Africa. Check out Wiki Indaba to learn more: http://wikiindaba.net!
Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Indaba_2014.jpeg
The text looks good to me, sadly we can't do the image :( unless they want to put it into the public domain at least. The ToU with facebook does not allow us to post normal creative commons images (unless we, the foundation, own them). Instead of actually posting the link to their facebook page we'll just link their name.
*Twitter*
@Wikimedia_ZA receives @Wikimedia Project & Event Grant to support the first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa at Wiki Indaba: http://wikiindaba.net.
You generally don't want to start a tweet with @ (it turns it into a 'reply' and doesn't go into our main twitter timeline/stream. You can get around that with a period at the start (i.e. .@Wikimedia_ZA ) but probably best to reword without it at the front if we can.
hmm thinking about how to do that.
Maybe lead with the news about the Indaba? It's also a little long. I think we want to promote that it's happening more than the grant, right? If so, suggestion:
Wiki Indaba will be the first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa, hosted by @Wikimedia_ZA! http://wikiindaba.net
Please note this is my first time using Twitter, so any feedback is appreciated!
Thanks,
Alex
-- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- 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@wikimedia.org
It would make sense to me to write separate posts about applying for grants, targeted to Wikimedia (Wikipedia might be too broad).
What do you think?
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. We do want to publicize the grants program though - to encourage more folks to apply!
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.orgwrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM, James Alexander < jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Welcome Alex!
Some comments inline (if you think you'll do this often you are also welcome to join this mailing list, which is open to community and staff members interested in social media posts.
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new Project and Event Grant to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus.
*FB/Google +*
Wikimedia ZA (https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA) receives Wikimedia Foundation Project and Event Grant to support the first gathering of Wikimedians from across Africa. Check out Wiki Indaba to learn more: http://wikiindaba.net!
Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Indaba_2014.jpeg
The text looks good to me, sadly we can't do the image :( unless they want to put it into the public domain at least. The ToU with facebook does not allow us to post normal creative commons images (unless we, the foundation, own them). Instead of actually posting the link to their facebook page we'll just link their name.
*Twitter*
@Wikimedia_ZA receives @Wikimedia Project & Event Grant to support the first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa at Wiki Indaba: http://wikiindaba.net.
You generally don't want to start a tweet with @ (it turns it into a 'reply' and doesn't go into our main twitter timeline/stream. You can get around that with a period at the start (i.e. .@Wikimedia_ZA ) but probably best to reword without it at the front if we can.
hmm thinking about how to do that.
Maybe lead with the news about the Indaba? It's also a little long. I think we want to promote that it's happening more than the grant, right? If so, suggestion:
Wiki Indaba will be the first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa, hosted by @Wikimedia_ZA! http://wikiindaba.net
Please note this is my first time using Twitter, so any feedback is appreciated!
Thanks,
Alex
-- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- 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@wikimedia.org
-- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Yeah, I agree if possible, I know historically we have done that (not necessarily mentioned the grants program itself in the tweet). I can understand the desire to advertise it just not sure if it's the right spot... open to others though.
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org wrote:
It would make sense to me to write separate posts about applying for grants, targeted to Wikimedia (Wikipedia might be too broad).
What do you think?
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. We do want to publicize the grants program though - to encourage more folks to apply!
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.orgwrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM, James Alexander < jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Welcome Alex!
Some comments inline (if you think you'll do this often you are also welcome to join this mailing list, which is open to community and staff members interested in social media posts.
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new Project and Event Grant to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus.
*FB/Google +*
Wikimedia ZA (https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA) receives Wikimedia Foundation Project and Event Grant to support the first gathering of Wikimedians from across Africa. Check out Wiki Indaba to learn more: http://wikiindaba.net!
Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Indaba_2014.jpeg
The text looks good to me, sadly we can't do the image :( unless they want to put it into the public domain at least. The ToU with facebook does not allow us to post normal creative commons images (unless we, the foundation, own them). Instead of actually posting the link to their facebook page we'll just link their name.
*Twitter*
@Wikimedia_ZA receives @Wikimedia Project & Event Grant to support the first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa at Wiki Indaba: http://wikiindaba.net.
You generally don't want to start a tweet with @ (it turns it into a 'reply' and doesn't go into our main twitter timeline/stream. You can get around that with a period at the start (i.e. .@Wikimedia_ZA ) but probably best to reword without it at the front if we can.
hmm thinking about how to do that.
Maybe lead with the news about the Indaba? It's also a little long. I think we want to promote that it's happening more than the grant, right? If so, suggestion:
Wiki Indaba will be the first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa, hosted by @Wikimedia_ZA! http://wikiindaba.net
Please note this is my first time using Twitter, so any feedback is appreciated!
Thanks,
Alex
-- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- 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@wikimedia.org
-- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
For context, Alex is picking up something again that the Grants team (Winifred) used to do regularly, i.e. routinely drafting social media messages to announce new grants projects. Here are some examples from last year:
https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/349918729812975616 https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/350695870548815875 https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/351775488752099329
I understand that there isn't always capacity to write separate blog posts (or maybe only after a project has concluded), so we have often been linking to the grant pages on Meta for further information. In any case, raising awareness for the grants program and the cool projects that it enables is a central purpose of this, so we shouldn't leave that aspect out.
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org wrote:
It would make sense to me to write separate posts about applying for grants, targeted to Wikimedia (Wikipedia might be too broad).
What do you think?
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. We do want to publicize the grants program though - to encourage more folks to apply!
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
Welcome Alex!
Some comments inline (if you think you'll do this often you are also welcome to join this mailing list, which is open to community and staff members interested in social media posts.
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new Project and Event Grant to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus.
FB/Google +
Wikimedia ZA (https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA) receives Wikimedia Foundation Project and Event Grant to support the first gathering of Wikimedians from across Africa. Check out Wiki Indaba to learn more: http://wikiindaba.net!
Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Indaba_2014.jpeg
The text looks good to me, sadly we can't do the image :( unless they want to put it into the public domain at least. The ToU with facebook does not allow us to post normal creative commons images (unless we, the foundation, own them). Instead of actually posting the link to their facebook page we'll just link their name.
@Wikimedia_ZA receives @Wikimedia Project & Event Grant to support the first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa at Wiki Indaba: http://wikiindaba.net.
You generally don't want to start a tweet with @ (it turns it into a 'reply' and doesn't go into our main twitter timeline/stream. You can get around that with a period at the start (i.e. .@Wikimedia_ZA ) but probably best to reword without it at the front if we can.
hmm thinking about how to do that.
Maybe lead with the news about the Indaba? It's also a little long. I think we want to promote that it's happening more than the grant, right? If so, suggestion:
Wiki Indaba will be the first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa, hosted by @Wikimedia_ZA! http://wikiindaba.net
Please note this is my first time using Twitter, so any feedback is appreciated!
Thanks,
Alex
-- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- 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@wikimedia.org
-- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
By post I don't mean blog post, just tweets and things.
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Tilman Bayer tbayer@wikimedia.org wrote:
For context, Alex is picking up something again that the Grants team (Winifred) used to do regularly, i.e. routinely drafting social media messages to announce new grants projects. Here are some examples from last year:
https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/349918729812975616 https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/350695870548815875 https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/351775488752099329
I understand that there isn't always capacity to write separate blog posts (or maybe only after a project has concluded), so we have often been linking to the grant pages on Meta for further information. In any case, raising awareness for the grants program and the cool projects that it enables is a central purpose of this, so we shouldn't leave that aspect out.
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org wrote:
It would make sense to me to write separate posts about applying for
grants,
targeted to Wikimedia (Wikipedia might be too broad).
What do you think?
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. We do want to publicize the grants program though - to encourage more folks to apply!
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
Welcome Alex!
Some comments inline (if you think you'll do this often you are also welcome to join this mailing list, which is open to community and
staff
members interested in social media posts.
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new Project
and
Event Grant to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus.
FB/Google +
Wikimedia ZA (https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA) receives
Wikimedia
Foundation Project and Event Grant to support the first gathering of Wikimedians from across Africa. Check out Wiki Indaba to learn more: http://wikiindaba.net!
Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Indaba_2014.jpeg
The text looks good to me, sadly we can't do the image :( unless they want to put it into the public domain at least. The ToU with facebook
does
not allow us to post normal creative commons images (unless we, the foundation, own them). Instead of actually posting the link to their facebook page we'll just link their name.
@Wikimedia_ZA receives @Wikimedia Project & Event Grant to support
the
first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa at Wiki Indaba: http://wikiindaba.net.
You generally don't want to start a tweet with @ (it turns it into a 'reply' and doesn't go into our main twitter timeline/stream. You can
get
around that with a period at the start (i.e. .@Wikimedia_ZA ) but
probably
best to reword without it at the front if we can.
hmm thinking about how to do that.
Maybe lead with the news about the Indaba? It's also a little long. I think we want to promote that it's happening more than the grant,
right? If
so, suggestion:
Wiki Indaba will be the first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa, hosted by @Wikimedia_ZA! http://wikiindaba.net
Please note this is my first time using Twitter, so any feedback is appreciated!
Thanks,
Alex
-- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- 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@wikimedia.org
-- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Tilman Bayer Senior Operations Analyst (Movement Communications) Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Alex, since we didn't quite answer your question, how about:
Wiki Indaba hosts first African Wikimedian gathering through @Wikimedia Project & Event grant to @Wikimedia_ZA: http://wikiindaba.net
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org wrote:
By post I don't mean blog post, just tweets and things.
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Tilman Bayer tbayer@wikimedia.orgwrote:
For context, Alex is picking up something again that the Grants team (Winifred) used to do regularly, i.e. routinely drafting social media messages to announce new grants projects. Here are some examples from last year:
https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/349918729812975616 https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/350695870548815875 https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/351775488752099329
I understand that there isn't always capacity to write separate blog posts (or maybe only after a project has concluded), so we have often been linking to the grant pages on Meta for further information. In any case, raising awareness for the grants program and the cool projects that it enables is a central purpose of this, so we shouldn't leave that aspect out.
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org wrote:
It would make sense to me to write separate posts about applying for
grants,
targeted to Wikimedia (Wikipedia might be too broad).
What do you think?
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. We do want to publicize the grants program though - to encourage more folks to apply!
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Katherine Maher <kmaher@wikimedia.org
wrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
Welcome Alex!
Some comments inline (if you think you'll do this often you are also welcome to join this mailing list, which is open to community and
staff
members interested in social media posts.
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org
wrote:
> > Hi, > > I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new Project
and
> Event Grant to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus. > > FB/Google + > > Wikimedia ZA (https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA) receives
Wikimedia
> Foundation Project and Event Grant to support the first gathering of > Wikimedians from across Africa. Check out Wiki Indaba to learn more: > http://wikiindaba.net! > > Photo:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Indaba_2014.jpeg
The text looks good to me, sadly we can't do the image :( unless
they
want to put it into the public domain at least. The ToU with
facebook does
not allow us to post normal creative commons images (unless we, the foundation, own them). Instead of actually posting the link to their facebook page we'll just link their name. > > > > Twitter > > @Wikimedia_ZA receives @Wikimedia Project & Event Grant to support
the
> first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa at Wiki Indaba: > http://wikiindaba.net. >
You generally don't want to start a tweet with @ (it turns it into a 'reply' and doesn't go into our main twitter timeline/stream. You
can get
around that with a period at the start (i.e. .@Wikimedia_ZA ) but
probably
best to reword without it at the front if we can.
hmm thinking about how to do that.
Maybe lead with the news about the Indaba? It's also a little long. I think we want to promote that it's happening more than the grant,
right? If
so, suggestion:
Wiki Indaba will be the first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa, hosted by @Wikimedia_ZA! http://wikiindaba.net
> > Please note this is my first time using Twitter, so any feedback is > appreciated! > > Thanks, > > Alex > > -- > Alex Wang > Program Officer > Project & Event Grants > Wikimedia Foundation > +1 415-839-6885 > Skype: alexvwang > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- 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@wikimedia.org
-- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Tilman Bayer Senior Operations Analyst (Movement Communications) Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Copying Alex back in again,
Alex: See idea from Katherine below.
Personally I think that's good though I'd remove the @ from Wikimedia (I just prefer not to mention ourselves since it's coming from @Wikimedia I don't remember ever doing that though I'm sure we can find some point where we did :) ).
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:58 AM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Alex, since we didn't quite answer your question, how about:
Wiki Indaba hosts first African Wikimedian gathering through @Wikimedia Project & Event grant to @Wikimedia_ZA: http://wikiindaba.net
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.orgwrote:
By post I don't mean blog post, just tweets and things.
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Tilman Bayer tbayer@wikimedia.orgwrote:
For context, Alex is picking up something again that the Grants team (Winifred) used to do regularly, i.e. routinely drafting social media messages to announce new grants projects. Here are some examples from last year:
https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/349918729812975616 https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/350695870548815875 https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/351775488752099329
I understand that there isn't always capacity to write separate blog posts (or maybe only after a project has concluded), so we have often been linking to the grant pages on Meta for further information. In any case, raising awareness for the grants program and the cool projects that it enables is a central purpose of this, so we shouldn't leave that aspect out.
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org wrote:
It would make sense to me to write separate posts about applying for
grants,
targeted to Wikimedia (Wikipedia might be too broad).
What do you think?
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. We do want to publicize the grants program though - to encourage more folks to apply!
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Katherine Maher <
kmaher@wikimedia.org>
wrote:
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote: > > Welcome Alex! > > Some comments inline (if you think you'll do this often you are also > welcome to join this mailing list, which is open to community and
staff
> members interested in social media posts. > > James Alexander > Legal and Community Advocacy > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org
wrote:
>> >> Hi, >> >> I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new
Project and
>> Event Grant to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus. >> >> FB/Google + >> >> Wikimedia ZA (https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA) receives
Wikimedia
>> Foundation Project and Event Grant to support the first gathering
of
>> Wikimedians from across Africa. Check out Wiki Indaba to learn
more:
>> http://wikiindaba.net! >> >> Photo:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Indaba_2014.jpeg
> > > The text looks good to me, sadly we can't do the image :( unless
they
> want to put it into the public domain at least. The ToU with
facebook does
> not allow us to post normal creative commons images (unless we, the > foundation, own them). Instead of actually posting the link to their > facebook page we'll just link their name. >> >> >> >> Twitter >> >> @Wikimedia_ZA receives @Wikimedia Project & Event Grant to support
the
>> first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa at Wiki Indaba: >> http://wikiindaba.net. >> > > You generally don't want to start a tweet with @ (it turns it into
a
> 'reply' and doesn't go into our main twitter timeline/stream. You
can get
> around that with a period at the start (i.e. .@Wikimedia_ZA ) but
probably
> best to reword without it at the front if we can. > > hmm thinking about how to do that.
Maybe lead with the news about the Indaba? It's also a little long. I think we want to promote that it's happening more than the grant,
right? If
so, suggestion:
Wiki Indaba will be the first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa, hosted by @Wikimedia_ZA! http://wikiindaba.net > > > >> >> Please note this is my first time using Twitter, so any feedback is >> appreciated! >> >> Thanks, >> >> Alex >> >> -- >> Alex Wang >> Program Officer >> Project & Event Grants >> Wikimedia Foundation >> +1 415-839-6885 >> Skype: alexvwang >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >
-- 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@wikimedia.org
-- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Tilman Bayer Senior Operations Analyst (Movement Communications) Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- 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@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Thanks, Tilman for the past examples! I like how they link to the grant proposal page.
Here are two suggestions.The first one puts the emphasis on the "new grant". The second is Katherine's suggestion which emphasizes the project while still noting it's a grant. We can take out "Project & Event" if it's too long.
New Wikimedia Project & Event grant supports the first African Wikimedian gathering @Wikimedia_ZA: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WM_ZA/Wiki-Indaba-2014
Wiki Indaba hosts first African Wikimedian gathering through Wikimedia Project & Event grant to @Wikimedia_ZA: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WM_ZA/Wiki-Indaba-2014
Thanks!
Alex
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 2:34 AM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Copying Alex back in again,
Alex: See idea from Katherine below.
Personally I think that's good though I'd remove the @ from Wikimedia (I just prefer not to mention ourselves since it's coming from @Wikimedia I don't remember ever doing that though I'm sure we can find some point where we did :) ).
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:58 AM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Alex, since we didn't quite answer your question, how about:
Wiki Indaba hosts first African Wikimedian gathering through @Wikimedia Project & Event grant to @Wikimedia_ZA: http://wikiindaba.net
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.orgwrote:
By post I don't mean blog post, just tweets and things.
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Tilman Bayer tbayer@wikimedia.orgwrote:
For context, Alex is picking up something again that the Grants team (Winifred) used to do regularly, i.e. routinely drafting social media messages to announce new grants projects. Here are some examples from last year:
https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/349918729812975616 https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/350695870548815875 https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/351775488752099329
I understand that there isn't always capacity to write separate blog posts (or maybe only after a project has concluded), so we have often been linking to the grant pages on Meta for further information. In any case, raising awareness for the grants program and the cool projects that it enables is a central purpose of this, so we shouldn't leave that aspect out.
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org wrote:
It would make sense to me to write separate posts about applying for
grants,
targeted to Wikimedia (Wikipedia might be too broad).
What do you think?
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. We do want to publicize the grants
program
though - to encourage more folks to apply!
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Katherine Maher <
kmaher@wikimedia.org>
wrote: > > > > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM, James Alexander > jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote: >> >> Welcome Alex! >> >> Some comments inline (if you think you'll do this often you are
also
>> welcome to join this mailing list, which is open to community and
staff
>> members interested in social media posts. >> >> James Alexander >> Legal and Community Advocacy >> Wikimedia Foundation >> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur >> >> >> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org
wrote:
>>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new
Project and
>>> Event Grant to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus. >>> >>> FB/Google + >>> >>> Wikimedia ZA (https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA) receives
Wikimedia
>>> Foundation Project and Event Grant to support the first gathering
of
>>> Wikimedians from across Africa. Check out Wiki Indaba to learn
more:
>>> http://wikiindaba.net! >>> >>> Photo:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Indaba_2014.jpeg
>> >> >> The text looks good to me, sadly we can't do the image :( unless
they
>> want to put it into the public domain at least. The ToU with
facebook does
>> not allow us to post normal creative commons images (unless we,
the
>> foundation, own them). Instead of actually posting the link to
their
>> facebook page we'll just link their name. >>> >>> >>> >>> Twitter >>> >>> @Wikimedia_ZA receives @Wikimedia Project & Event Grant to
support the
>>> first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa at Wiki Indaba: >>> http://wikiindaba.net. >>> >> >> You generally don't want to start a tweet with @ (it turns it
into a
>> 'reply' and doesn't go into our main twitter timeline/stream. You
can get
>> around that with a period at the start (i.e. .@Wikimedia_ZA ) but
probably
>> best to reword without it at the front if we can. >> >> hmm thinking about how to do that. > > > Maybe lead with the news about the Indaba? It's also a little long.
I
> think we want to promote that it's happening more than the grant,
right? If
> so, suggestion: > > Wiki Indaba will be the first gathering of Wikimedians across
Africa,
> hosted by @Wikimedia_ZA! http://wikiindaba.net >> >> >> >>> >>> Please note this is my first time using Twitter, so any feedback
is
>>> appreciated! >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Alex >>> >>> -- >>> Alex Wang >>> Program Officer >>> Project & Event Grants >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> +1 415-839-6885 >>> Skype: alexvwang >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> > > > > -- > 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@wikimedia.org
-- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Tilman Bayer Senior Operations Analyst (Movement Communications) Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- 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@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Posted on Twitter, FB and G+.
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 6:28 AM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks, Tilman for the past examples! I like how they link to the grant proposal page.
Here are two suggestions.The first one puts the emphasis on the "new grant". The second is Katherine's suggestion which emphasizes the project while still noting it's a grant. We can take out "Project & Event" if it's too long.
New Wikimedia Project & Event grant supports the first African Wikimedian gathering @Wikimedia_ZA: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WM_ZA/Wiki-Indaba-2014
Wiki Indaba hosts first African Wikimedian gathering through Wikimedia Project & Event grant to @Wikimedia_ZA: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WM_ZA/Wiki-Indaba-2014
Thanks!
Alex
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 2:34 AM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
Copying Alex back in again,
Alex: See idea from Katherine below.
Personally I think that's good though I'd remove the @ from Wikimedia (I just prefer not to mention ourselves since it's coming from @Wikimedia I don't remember ever doing that though I'm sure we can find some point where we did :) ).
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:58 AM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Alex, since we didn't quite answer your question, how about:
Wiki Indaba hosts first African Wikimedian gathering through @Wikimedia Project & Event grant to @Wikimedia_ZA: http://wikiindaba.net
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org wrote:
By post I don't mean blog post, just tweets and things.
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Tilman Bayer tbayer@wikimedia.org wrote:
For context, Alex is picking up something again that the Grants team (Winifred) used to do regularly, i.e. routinely drafting social media messages to announce new grants projects. Here are some examples from last year:
https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/349918729812975616 https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/350695870548815875 https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/351775488752099329
I understand that there isn't always capacity to write separate blog posts (or maybe only after a project has concluded), so we have often been linking to the grant pages on Meta for further information. In any case, raising awareness for the grants program and the cool projects that it enables is a central purpose of this, so we shouldn't leave that aspect out.
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org wrote:
It would make sense to me to write separate posts about applying for grants, targeted to Wikimedia (Wikipedia might be too broad).
What do you think?
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestions. We do want to publicize the grants > program > though - to encourage more folks to apply! > > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Katherine Maher > kmaher@wikimedia.org > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM, James Alexander >> jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote: >>> >>> Welcome Alex! >>> >>> Some comments inline (if you think you'll do this often you are >>> also >>> welcome to join this mailing list, which is open to community and >>> staff >>> members interested in social media posts. >>> >>> James Alexander >>> Legal and Community Advocacy >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new >>>> Project and >>>> Event Grant to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus. >>>> >>>> FB/Google + >>>> >>>> Wikimedia ZA (https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA) receives >>>> Wikimedia >>>> Foundation Project and Event Grant to support the first gathering >>>> of >>>> Wikimedians from across Africa. Check out Wiki Indaba to learn >>>> more: >>>> http://wikiindaba.net! >>>> >>>> Photo: >>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Indaba_2014.jpeg >>> >>> >>> The text looks good to me, sadly we can't do the image :( unless >>> they >>> want to put it into the public domain at least. The ToU with >>> facebook does >>> not allow us to post normal creative commons images (unless we, >>> the >>> foundation, own them). Instead of actually posting the link to >>> their >>> facebook page we'll just link their name. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Twitter >>>> >>>> @Wikimedia_ZA receives @Wikimedia Project & Event Grant to >>>> support the >>>> first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa at Wiki Indaba: >>>> http://wikiindaba.net. >>>> >>> >>> You generally don't want to start a tweet with @ (it turns it >>> into a >>> 'reply' and doesn't go into our main twitter timeline/stream. You >>> can get >>> around that with a period at the start (i.e. .@Wikimedia_ZA ) but >>> probably >>> best to reword without it at the front if we can. >>> >>> hmm thinking about how to do that. >> >> >> Maybe lead with the news about the Indaba? It's also a little long. >> I >> think we want to promote that it's happening more than the grant, >> right? If >> so, suggestion: >> >> Wiki Indaba will be the first gathering of Wikimedians across >> Africa, >> hosted by @Wikimedia_ZA! http://wikiindaba.net >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Please note this is my first time using Twitter, so any feedback >>>> is >>>> appreciated! >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Alex >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Alex Wang >>>> Program Officer >>>> Project & Event Grants >>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>> +1 415-839-6885 >>>> Skype: alexvwang >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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@wikimedia.org > > > > > -- > Alex Wang > Program Officer > Project & Event Grants > Wikimedia Foundation > +1 415-839-6885 > Skype: alexvwang > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Tilman Bayer Senior Operations Analyst (Movement Communications) Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- 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@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Thanks! Now I have a structure for all the other posts. Many more to come soon....
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Tilman Bayer tbayer@wikimedia.org wrote:
Posted on Twitter, FB and G+.
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 6:28 AM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks, Tilman for the past examples! I like how they link to the grant proposal page.
Here are two suggestions.The first one puts the emphasis on the "new
grant".
The second is Katherine's suggestion which emphasizes the project while still noting it's a grant. We can take out "Project & Event" if it's too long.
New Wikimedia Project & Event grant supports the first African Wikimedian gathering @Wikimedia_ZA: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WM_ZA/Wiki-Indaba-2014
Wiki Indaba hosts first African Wikimedian gathering through Wikimedia Project & Event grant to @Wikimedia_ZA: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/WM_ZA/Wiki-Indaba-2014
Thanks!
Alex
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 2:34 AM, James Alexander <
jalexander@wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Copying Alex back in again,
Alex: See idea from Katherine below.
Personally I think that's good though I'd remove the @ from Wikimedia (I just prefer not to mention ourselves since it's coming from @Wikimedia I don't remember ever doing that though I'm sure we can find some point
where
we did :) ).
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 1:58 AM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Alex, since we didn't quite answer your question, how about:
Wiki Indaba hosts first African Wikimedian gathering through @Wikimedia Project & Event grant to @Wikimedia_ZA: http://wikiindaba.net
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Heather Walls hwalls@wikimedia.org wrote:
By post I don't mean blog post, just tweets and things.
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Tilman Bayer tbayer@wikimedia.org wrote:
For context, Alex is picking up something again that the Grants team (Winifred) used to do regularly, i.e. routinely drafting social media messages to announce new grants projects. Here are some examples from last year:
https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/349918729812975616 https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/350695870548815875 https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/351775488752099329
I understand that there isn't always capacity to write separate blog posts (or maybe only after a project has concluded), so we have often been linking to the grant pages on Meta for further information. In any case, raising awareness for the grants program and the cool projects that it enables is a central purpose of this, so we
shouldn't
leave that aspect out.
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Heather Walls <hwalls@wikimedia.org
wrote: > It would make sense to me to write separate posts about applying
for
> grants, > targeted to Wikimedia (Wikipedia might be too broad). > > What do you think? > > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Alex Wang awang@wikimedia.org > wrote: >> >> Thanks for the suggestions. We do want to publicize the grants >> program >> though - to encourage more folks to apply! >> >> >> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Katherine Maher >> kmaher@wikimedia.org >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM, James Alexander >>> jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote: >>>> >>>> Welcome Alex! >>>> >>>> Some comments inline (if you think you'll do this often you are >>>> also >>>> welcome to join this mailing list, which is open to community
and
>>>> staff >>>> members interested in social media posts. >>>> >>>> James Alexander >>>> Legal and Community Advocacy >>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Alex Wang <awang@wikimedia.org
>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new >>>>> Project and >>>>> Event Grant to Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus. >>>>> >>>>> FB/Google + >>>>> >>>>> Wikimedia ZA (https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaZA) receives >>>>> Wikimedia >>>>> Foundation Project and Event Grant to support the first
gathering
>>>>> of >>>>> Wikimedians from across Africa. Check out Wiki Indaba to learn >>>>> more: >>>>> http://wikiindaba.net! >>>>> >>>>> Photo: >>>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_Indaba_2014.jpeg >>>> >>>> >>>> The text looks good to me, sadly we can't do the image :(
unless
>>>> they >>>> want to put it into the public domain at least. The ToU with >>>> facebook does >>>> not allow us to post normal creative commons images (unless we, >>>> the >>>> foundation, own them). Instead of actually posting the link to >>>> their >>>> facebook page we'll just link their name. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Twitter >>>>> >>>>> @Wikimedia_ZA receives @Wikimedia Project & Event Grant to >>>>> support the >>>>> first gathering of Wikimedians across Africa at Wiki Indaba: >>>>> http://wikiindaba.net. >>>>> >>>> >>>> You generally don't want to start a tweet with @ (it turns it >>>> into a >>>> 'reply' and doesn't go into our main twitter timeline/stream.
You
>>>> can get >>>> around that with a period at the start (i.e. .@Wikimedia_ZA )
but
>>>> probably >>>> best to reword without it at the front if we can. >>>> >>>> hmm thinking about how to do that. >>> >>> >>> Maybe lead with the news about the Indaba? It's also a little
long.
>>> I >>> think we want to promote that it's happening more than the grant, >>> right? If >>> so, suggestion: >>> >>> Wiki Indaba will be the first gathering of Wikimedians across >>> Africa, >>> hosted by @Wikimedia_ZA! http://wikiindaba.net >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Please note this is my first time using Twitter, so any
feedback
>>>>> is >>>>> appreciated! >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Alex >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Alex Wang >>>>> Program Officer >>>>> Project & Event Grants >>>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>>> +1 415-839-6885 >>>>> Skype: alexvwang >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Social-media mailing list >>>>> Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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@wikimedia.org >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Alex Wang >> Program Officer >> Project & Event Grants >> Wikimedia Foundation >> +1 415-839-6885 >> Skype: alexvwang >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> > > > > -- > Heather Walls > Communications Design Manager > WikimediaFoundation.org > heather@wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >
-- Tilman Bayer Senior Operations Analyst (Movement Communications) Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Heather Walls Communications Design Manager WikimediaFoundation.org heather@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- 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@wikimedia.org
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
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