Hey all,
We just published "News on Wikipedia: Beijing wins Winter Olympics, MH370 wreckage recovered, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/beijing-olympics-mh370-wreckage/
We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the next *three days* (or thereabouts) to keep things timely.
Please do comment for tone.
*Twitter:*
• China's capital Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics. #NewsOnWikipedia • Barack Obama (@potus) announced his Clean Power Plan this week. #cleanpower #NewsOnWikipedia • Wreckage found on French island Réunion is from missing plane #MH370. #NewsOnWikipedia • Zimbabwe have requested the extradition of an American hunter for #Cecil's killing. #NewsOnWikipedia • Secretive Taliban leader Mohammed Omar actually died in 2013. #NewsOnWikipedia
*Facebook/G+:*
• Beijing beat out Almaty of Kazakhstan to become the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics this week. #NewsOnWikipedia • Barack Obama unveiled his Clean Power Plan this week. #NewsOnWikipedia • Plane parts found on the French territory Réunion were this week confirmed as from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. #NewsOnWikipedia • Zimbabwe last week requested the extradition of American hunter Walter Palmer following the killing of Cecil the lion. #NewsOnWikipedia • Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar. This week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia
best, Joe
Nice! Comments in line.
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hey all,
We just published "News on Wikipedia: Beijing wins Winter Olympics, MH370 wreckage recovered, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/beijing-olympics-mh370-wreckage/
We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the next *three days* (or thereabouts) to keep things timely.
Please do comment for tone.
*Twitter:*
• China's capital Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics. #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
[Sidenote - this is going to make the mental disambiguation of saying "Beijing Olympics" in my head really annoying]
• Barack Obama (@potus) announced his Clean Power Plan this week. #cleanpower #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
• Wreckage found on French island Réunion is from missing plane #MH370. #NewsOnWikipedia
Perhaps "French territory *of *Réunion" ? That sounds better to me but I'm not actually sure if it's more correct/better. You'll know the grammar side better then I :). Otherwise LGTM
• Zimbabwe have requested the extradition of an American hunter for #Cecil's killing. #NewsOnWikipedia • Secretive Taliban leader Mohammed Omar actually died in 2013. #NewsOnWikipedia
Both LGTM
*Facebook/G+:*
• Beijing beat out Almaty of Kazakhstan to become the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics this week. #NewsOnWikipedia
Hmmmm.... I'm torn between "Almaty of Kazakhstan" (which sounds awesome but kinda sounds like an aristocratic name to me) and "Almaty, Kazakhstan". Happy with either, otherwise LGTM
• Barack Obama unveiled his Clean Power Plan this week. #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
• Plane parts found on the French territory Réunion were this week
confirmed as from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. #NewsOnWikipedia
Same "of" question as above, otherwise LGTM
• Zimbabwe last week requested the extradition of American hunter Walter
Palmer following the killing of Cecil the lion. #NewsOnWikipedia
perhaps "f*ormally* requested the extradition" ? (I'm not actually sure that's true but I think it is? Just thinking that's different then some of the random statements they mentioned about wanting extradition earlier). Otherwise LGTM
• Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar. This week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia
Hmm, I'm happy with this one (I like the images fact) but worry that it could feel like a bit of a non sequitur. Perhaps tying it together with something like:
- Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar. *It's likely to stay that way unless more are found because t*his week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia
best,
Joe
-- *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)
For Omar, Joe and I previously discussed trying to jump on John Oliver's social pull.... and I nearly forget to get him the quotes to do so. My suggestions:
The outside world knows very little about former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, so little that it just found out he died two years ago. The US government, as <link>John Oliver</link> noted on Sunday, had "vivid descriptions" of him, including "hair: black" and "height: tall."
Shorter: As John Oliver noted last Sunday, the US government was able to come up with "vivid descriptions" of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, including "hair: black" and "height: tall."
Shortest: As John Oliver noted last Sunday, former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar "had been dead for two years, and [they] simply hadn't mentioned it.
Best, --Ed
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 8:09 PM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
Nice! Comments in line.
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hey all,
We just published "News on Wikipedia: Beijing wins Winter Olympics, MH370 wreckage recovered, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/beijing-olympics-mh370-wreckage/
We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the next *three days* (or thereabouts) to keep things timely.
Please do comment for tone.
*Twitter:*
• China's capital Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics. #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
[Sidenote - this is going to make the mental disambiguation of saying "Beijing Olympics" in my head really annoying]
• Barack Obama (@potus) announced his Clean Power Plan this week. #cleanpower #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
• Wreckage found on French island Réunion is from missing plane #MH370. #NewsOnWikipedia
Perhaps "French territory *of *Réunion" ? That sounds better to me but I'm not actually sure if it's more correct/better. You'll know the grammar side better then I :). Otherwise LGTM
• Zimbabwe have requested the extradition of an American hunter for #Cecil's killing. #NewsOnWikipedia • Secretive Taliban leader Mohammed Omar actually died in 2013. #NewsOnWikipedia
Both LGTM
*Facebook/G+:*
• Beijing beat out Almaty of Kazakhstan to become the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics this week. #NewsOnWikipedia
Hmmmm.... I'm torn between "Almaty of Kazakhstan" (which sounds awesome but kinda sounds like an aristocratic name to me) and "Almaty, Kazakhstan". Happy with either, otherwise LGTM
• Barack Obama unveiled his Clean Power Plan this week. #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
• Plane parts found on the French territory Réunion were this week
confirmed as from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. #NewsOnWikipedia
Same "of" question as above, otherwise LGTM
• Zimbabwe last week requested the extradition of American hunter Walter
Palmer following the killing of Cecil the lion. #NewsOnWikipedia
perhaps "f*ormally* requested the extradition" ? (I'm not actually sure that's true but I think it is? Just thinking that's different then some of the random statements they mentioned about wanting extradition earlier). Otherwise LGTM
• Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar. This week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia
Hmm, I'm happy with this one (I like the images fact) but worry that it could feel like a bit of a non sequitur. Perhaps tying it together with something like:
- Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader Mohammed
Omar. *It's likely to stay that way unless more are found because t*his week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia
best,
Joe
-- *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@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Round 1 this time is Cecil since it's the oldest story.
FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153435478343346
@Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/629324230904184833 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/629324230916722690
WP G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/ZX26UXb... WMF G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/po...
On 6 August 2015 at 03:23, Ed Erhart eerhart@wikimedia.org wrote:
For Omar, Joe and I previously discussed trying to jump on John Oliver's social pull.... and I nearly forget to get him the quotes to do so. My suggestions:
The outside world knows very little about former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, so little that it just found out he died two years ago. The US government, as <link>John Oliver</link> noted on Sunday, had "vivid descriptions" of him, including "hair: black" and "height: tall."
Shorter: As John Oliver noted last Sunday, the US government was able to come up with "vivid descriptions" of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, including "hair: black" and "height: tall."
Shortest: As John Oliver noted last Sunday, former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar "had been dead for two years, and [they] simply hadn't mentioned it.
Best, --Ed
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 8:09 PM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
Nice! Comments in line.
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hey all,
We just published "News on Wikipedia: Beijing wins Winter Olympics, MH370 wreckage recovered, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/beijing-olympics-mh370-wreckage/
We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the next *three days* (or thereabouts) to keep things timely.
Please do comment for tone.
*Twitter:*
• China's capital Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics. #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
[Sidenote - this is going to make the mental disambiguation of saying "Beijing Olympics" in my head really annoying]
• Barack Obama (@potus) announced his Clean Power Plan this week. #cleanpower #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
• Wreckage found on French island Réunion is from missing plane #MH370. #NewsOnWikipedia
Perhaps "French territory *of *Réunion" ? That sounds better to me but I'm not actually sure if it's more correct/better. You'll know the grammar side better then I :). Otherwise LGTM
• Zimbabwe have requested the extradition of an American hunter for #Cecil's killing. #NewsOnWikipedia • Secretive Taliban leader Mohammed Omar actually died in 2013. #NewsOnWikipedia
Both LGTM
*Facebook/G+:*
• Beijing beat out Almaty of Kazakhstan to become the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics this week. #NewsOnWikipedia
Hmmmm.... I'm torn between "Almaty of Kazakhstan" (which sounds awesome but kinda sounds like an aristocratic name to me) and "Almaty, Kazakhstan". Happy with either, otherwise LGTM
• Barack Obama unveiled his Clean Power Plan this week. #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
• Plane parts found on the French territory Réunion were this week
confirmed as from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. #NewsOnWikipedia
Same "of" question as above, otherwise LGTM
• Zimbabwe last week requested the extradition of American hunter Walter
Palmer following the killing of Cecil the lion. #NewsOnWikipedia
perhaps "f*ormally* requested the extradition" ? (I'm not actually sure that's true but I think it is? Just thinking that's different then some of the random statements they mentioned about wanting extradition earlier). Otherwise LGTM
• Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar. This week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia
Hmm, I'm happy with this one (I like the images fact) but worry that it could feel like a bit of a non sequitur. Perhaps tying it together with something like:
- Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader Mohammed
Omar. *It's likely to stay that way unless more are found because t*his week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia
best,
Joe
-- *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@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Ed Erhart Editorial Intern Wikimedia Foundation
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Hello,
Le jeudi 6 août 2015, 17:14:22 Joe Sutherland a écrit :
• Plane parts found on the French territory Réunion were this week
Just a quick note: I noticed that the caption for this item in the blog post said:
"The parts were discovered on the coast of Saint-Denis, the island’s capital."
Reunion is a "département", not a state, so it doesn't have a capital (the only "capital" in France is Paris ;). The département's seat city is a "préfecture". ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departments_of_France#General_characteristics )
However, after looking into this a bit (I lived there for a few years, so this is of interest to me), we may not even need to go into the intricacies of French administrative divisions, since the debris seem to have actually been found in Saint-André, not Saint-Denis (according to the WP article about Flight 370, and the relevant sources). Saint-André is a smaller city on the east coast of the island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Andr%C3%A9,_R%C3%A9union
I'm not sure if you want to edit the blog post, but I thought I'd mention it.
Urk, that's my fault. I must have seen coverage from Saint-Dénis and become confused.
I'll rewrite this and the caption (there are no nice images of Saint-André, it seems, so I'll just reword).
Thanks for the heads-up! Joe
On 6 August 2015 at 17:49, Guillaume Paumier gpaumier@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello,
Le jeudi 6 août 2015, 17:14:22 Joe Sutherland a écrit :
• Plane parts found on the French territory Réunion were this week
Just a quick note: I noticed that the caption for this item in the blog post said:
"The parts were discovered on the coast of Saint-Denis, the island’s capital."
Reunion is a "département", not a state, so it doesn't have a capital (the only "capital" in France is Paris ;). The département's seat city is a "préfecture". ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departments_of_France#General_characteristics )
However, after looking into this a bit (I lived there for a few years, so this is of interest to me), we may not even need to go into the intricacies of French administrative divisions, since the debris seem to have actually been found in Saint-André, not Saint-Denis (according to the WP article about Flight 370, and the relevant sources). Saint-André is a smaller city on the east coast of the island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Andr%C3%A9,_R%C3%A9union
I'm not sure if you want to edit the blog post, but I thought I'd mention it.
-- Guillaume Paumier
Round 2: Olympics.
FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153438105878346
@Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/629673815002509312 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/629673815015096320
WP G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/cmN7Yvj... WMF G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/po...
On 6 August 2015 at 03:23, Ed Erhart eerhart@wikimedia.org wrote:
For Omar, Joe and I previously discussed trying to jump on John Oliver's social pull.... and I nearly forget to get him the quotes to do so. My suggestions:
The outside world knows very little about former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, so little that it just found out he died two years ago. The US government, as <link>John Oliver</link> noted on Sunday, had "vivid descriptions" of him, including "hair: black" and "height: tall."
Shorter: As John Oliver noted last Sunday, the US government was able to come up with "vivid descriptions" of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, including "hair: black" and "height: tall."
Shortest: As John Oliver noted last Sunday, former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar "had been dead for two years, and [they] simply hadn't mentioned it.
Best, --Ed
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 8:09 PM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
Nice! Comments in line.
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hey all,
We just published "News on Wikipedia: Beijing wins Winter Olympics, MH370 wreckage recovered, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/beijing-olympics-mh370-wreckage/
We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the next *three days* (or thereabouts) to keep things timely.
Please do comment for tone.
*Twitter:*
• China's capital Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics. #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
[Sidenote - this is going to make the mental disambiguation of saying "Beijing Olympics" in my head really annoying]
• Barack Obama (@potus) announced his Clean Power Plan this week. #cleanpower #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
• Wreckage found on French island Réunion is from missing plane #MH370. #NewsOnWikipedia
Perhaps "French territory *of *Réunion" ? That sounds better to me but I'm not actually sure if it's more correct/better. You'll know the grammar side better then I :). Otherwise LGTM
• Zimbabwe have requested the extradition of an American hunter for #Cecil's killing. #NewsOnWikipedia • Secretive Taliban leader Mohammed Omar actually died in 2013. #NewsOnWikipedia
Both LGTM
*Facebook/G+:*
• Beijing beat out Almaty of Kazakhstan to become the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics this week. #NewsOnWikipedia
Hmmmm.... I'm torn between "Almaty of Kazakhstan" (which sounds awesome but kinda sounds like an aristocratic name to me) and "Almaty, Kazakhstan". Happy with either, otherwise LGTM
• Barack Obama unveiled his Clean Power Plan this week. #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
• Plane parts found on the French territory Réunion were this week
confirmed as from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. #NewsOnWikipedia
Same "of" question as above, otherwise LGTM
• Zimbabwe last week requested the extradition of American hunter Walter
Palmer following the killing of Cecil the lion. #NewsOnWikipedia
perhaps "f*ormally* requested the extradition" ? (I'm not actually sure that's true but I think it is? Just thinking that's different then some of the random statements they mentioned about wanting extradition earlier). Otherwise LGTM
• Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar. This week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia
Hmm, I'm happy with this one (I like the images fact) but worry that it could feel like a bit of a non sequitur. Perhaps tying it together with something like:
- Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader Mohammed
Omar. *It's likely to stay that way unless more are found because t*his week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia
best,
Joe
-- *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@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Ed Erhart Editorial Intern Wikimedia Foundation
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Round 3 is Obama:
FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153438824948346
@Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/629740060502573057 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/629740060527722496
WP G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/fVYZLwK... WMF G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/po...
On 7 August 2015 at 16:23, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Round 2: Olympics.
FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153438105878346
@Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/629673815002509312 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/629673815015096320
WP G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/cmN7Yvj... WMF G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/po...
On 6 August 2015 at 03:23, Ed Erhart eerhart@wikimedia.org wrote:
For Omar, Joe and I previously discussed trying to jump on John Oliver's social pull.... and I nearly forget to get him the quotes to do so. My suggestions:
The outside world knows very little about former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, so little that it just found out he died two years ago. The US government, as <link>John Oliver</link> noted on Sunday, had "vivid descriptions" of him, including "hair: black" and "height: tall."
Shorter: As John Oliver noted last Sunday, the US government was able to come up with "vivid descriptions" of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, including "hair: black" and "height: tall."
Shortest: As John Oliver noted last Sunday, former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar "had been dead for two years, and [they] simply hadn't mentioned it.
Best, --Ed
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 8:09 PM, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Nice! Comments in line.
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Joe Sutherland < jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hey all,
We just published "News on Wikipedia: Beijing wins Winter Olympics, MH370 wreckage recovered, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/beijing-olympics-mh370-wreckage/
We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the next *three days* (or thereabouts) to keep things timely.
Please do comment for tone.
*Twitter:*
• China's capital Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics. #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
[Sidenote - this is going to make the mental disambiguation of saying "Beijing Olympics" in my head really annoying]
• Barack Obama (@potus) announced his Clean Power Plan this week. #cleanpower #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
• Wreckage found on French island Réunion is from missing plane #MH370. #NewsOnWikipedia
Perhaps "French territory *of *Réunion" ? That sounds better to me but I'm not actually sure if it's more correct/better. You'll know the grammar side better then I :). Otherwise LGTM
• Zimbabwe have requested the extradition of an American hunter for #Cecil's killing. #NewsOnWikipedia • Secretive Taliban leader Mohammed Omar actually died in 2013. #NewsOnWikipedia
Both LGTM
*Facebook/G+:*
• Beijing beat out Almaty of Kazakhstan to become the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics this week. #NewsOnWikipedia
Hmmmm.... I'm torn between "Almaty of Kazakhstan" (which sounds awesome but kinda sounds like an aristocratic name to me) and "Almaty, Kazakhstan". Happy with either, otherwise LGTM
• Barack Obama unveiled his Clean Power Plan this week. #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
• Plane parts found on the French territory Réunion were this week
confirmed as from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. #NewsOnWikipedia
Same "of" question as above, otherwise LGTM
• Zimbabwe last week requested the extradition of American hunter Walter
Palmer following the killing of Cecil the lion. #NewsOnWikipedia
perhaps "f*ormally* requested the extradition" ? (I'm not actually sure that's true but I think it is? Just thinking that's different then some of the random statements they mentioned about wanting extradition earlier). Otherwise LGTM
• Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar. This week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia
Hmm, I'm happy with this one (I like the images fact) but worry that it could feel like a bit of a non sequitur. Perhaps tying it together with something like:
- Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader Mohammed
Omar. *It's likely to stay that way unless more are found because t*his week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia
best,
Joe
-- *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@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Ed Erhart Editorial Intern Wikimedia Foundation
Social-media mailing list Social-media@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)
Round 4 is MH370.
FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153441162613346
@Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/630013203163009024 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/630013203171418112
WP G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/BAWo3U1... WMF G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/po...
On 7 August 2015 at 20:46, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Round 3 is Obama:
FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153438824948346
@Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/629740060502573057 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/629740060527722496
WP G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/fVYZLwK... WMF G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/po...
On 7 August 2015 at 16:23, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Round 2: Olympics.
FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153438105878346
@Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/629673815002509312 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/629673815015096320
WP G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/cmN7Yvj... WMF G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/po...
On 6 August 2015 at 03:23, Ed Erhart eerhart@wikimedia.org wrote:
For Omar, Joe and I previously discussed trying to jump on John Oliver's social pull.... and I nearly forget to get him the quotes to do so. My suggestions:
The outside world knows very little about former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, so little that it just found out he died two years ago. The US government, as <link>John Oliver</link> noted on Sunday, had "vivid descriptions" of him, including "hair: black" and "height: tall."
Shorter: As John Oliver noted last Sunday, the US government was able to come up with "vivid descriptions" of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, including "hair: black" and "height: tall."
Shortest: As John Oliver noted last Sunday, former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar "had been dead for two years, and [they] simply hadn't mentioned it.
Best, --Ed
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 8:09 PM, James Alexander < jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Nice! Comments in line.
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Joe Sutherland < jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hey all,
We just published "News on Wikipedia: Beijing wins Winter Olympics, MH370 wreckage recovered, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/beijing-olympics-mh370-wreckage/
We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the next *three days* (or thereabouts) to keep things timely.
Please do comment for tone.
*Twitter:*
• China's capital Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics. #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
[Sidenote - this is going to make the mental disambiguation of saying "Beijing Olympics" in my head really annoying]
• Barack Obama (@potus) announced his Clean Power Plan this week. #cleanpower #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
• Wreckage found on French island Réunion is from missing plane #MH370. #NewsOnWikipedia
Perhaps "French territory *of *Réunion" ? That sounds better to me but I'm not actually sure if it's more correct/better. You'll know the grammar side better then I :). Otherwise LGTM
• Zimbabwe have requested the extradition of an American hunter for #Cecil's killing. #NewsOnWikipedia • Secretive Taliban leader Mohammed Omar actually died in 2013. #NewsOnWikipedia
Both LGTM
*Facebook/G+:*
• Beijing beat out Almaty of Kazakhstan to become the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics this week. #NewsOnWikipedia
Hmmmm.... I'm torn between "Almaty of Kazakhstan" (which sounds awesome but kinda sounds like an aristocratic name to me) and "Almaty, Kazakhstan". Happy with either, otherwise LGTM
• Barack Obama unveiled his Clean Power Plan this week. #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
• Plane parts found on the French territory Réunion were this week
confirmed as from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. #NewsOnWikipedia
Same "of" question as above, otherwise LGTM
• Zimbabwe last week requested the extradition of American hunter
Walter Palmer following the killing of Cecil the lion. #NewsOnWikipedia
perhaps "f*ormally* requested the extradition" ? (I'm not actually sure that's true but I think it is? Just thinking that's different then some of the random statements they mentioned about wanting extradition earlier). Otherwise LGTM
• Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar. This week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia
Hmm, I'm happy with this one (I like the images fact) but worry that it could feel like a bit of a non sequitur. Perhaps tying it together with something like:
- Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader
Mohammed Omar. *It's likely to stay that way unless more are found because t*his week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia
best,
Joe
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We've made a decision not to share this a fifth time, since the Omar story is too stale for it to really be worth it.
best, Joe
On 8 August 2015 at 14:51, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Round 4 is MH370.
FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153441162613346
@Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/630013203163009024 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/630013203171418112
WP G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/BAWo3U1... WMF G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/po...
On 7 August 2015 at 20:46, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Round 3 is Obama:
FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153438824948346
@Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/629740060502573057 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/629740060527722496
WP G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/fVYZLwK... WMF G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/po...
On 7 August 2015 at 16:23, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
Round 2: Olympics.
FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153438105878346
@Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/629673815002509312 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/629673815015096320
WP G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/cmN7Yvj... WMF G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/po...
On 6 August 2015 at 03:23, Ed Erhart eerhart@wikimedia.org wrote:
For Omar, Joe and I previously discussed trying to jump on John Oliver's social pull.... and I nearly forget to get him the quotes to do so. My suggestions:
The outside world knows very little about former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, so little that it just found out he died two years ago. The US government, as <link>John Oliver</link> noted on Sunday, had "vivid descriptions" of him, including "hair: black" and "height: tall."
Shorter: As John Oliver noted last Sunday, the US government was able to come up with "vivid descriptions" of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, including "hair: black" and "height: tall."
Shortest: As John Oliver noted last Sunday, former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar "had been dead for two years, and [they] simply hadn't mentioned it.
Best, --Ed
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 8:09 PM, James Alexander < jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Nice! Comments in line.
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On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Joe Sutherland < jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hey all,
We just published "News on Wikipedia: Beijing wins Winter Olympics, MH370 wreckage recovered, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/beijing-olympics-mh370-wreckage/
We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the next *three days* (or thereabouts) to keep things timely.
Please do comment for tone.
*Twitter:*
• China's capital Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics. #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
[Sidenote - this is going to make the mental disambiguation of saying "Beijing Olympics" in my head really annoying]
• Barack Obama (@potus) announced his Clean Power Plan this week. #cleanpower #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
• Wreckage found on French island Réunion is from missing plane #MH370. #NewsOnWikipedia
Perhaps "French territory *of *Réunion" ? That sounds better to me but I'm not actually sure if it's more correct/better. You'll know the grammar side better then I :). Otherwise LGTM
• Zimbabwe have requested the extradition of an American hunter for #Cecil's killing. #NewsOnWikipedia • Secretive Taliban leader Mohammed Omar actually died in 2013. #NewsOnWikipedia
Both LGTM
*Facebook/G+:*
• Beijing beat out Almaty of Kazakhstan to become the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics this week. #NewsOnWikipedia
Hmmmm.... I'm torn between "Almaty of Kazakhstan" (which sounds awesome but kinda sounds like an aristocratic name to me) and "Almaty, Kazakhstan". Happy with either, otherwise LGTM
• Barack Obama unveiled his Clean Power Plan this week.
#NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
• Plane parts found on the French territory Réunion were this week
confirmed as from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. #NewsOnWikipedia
Same "of" question as above, otherwise LGTM
• Zimbabwe last week requested the extradition of American hunter
Walter Palmer following the killing of Cecil the lion. #NewsOnWikipedia
perhaps "f*ormally* requested the extradition" ? (I'm not actually sure that's true but I think it is? Just thinking that's different then some of the random statements they mentioned about wanting extradition earlier). Otherwise LGTM
• Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar. This week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia
Hmm, I'm happy with this one (I like the images fact) but worry that it could feel like a bit of a non sequitur. Perhaps tying it together with something like:
- Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader
Mohammed Omar. *It's likely to stay that way unless more are found because t*his week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia
best,
Joe
-- *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@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Ed Erhart Editorial Intern Wikimedia Foundation
Social-media mailing list Social-media@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)
-- *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)
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