I actually tried, but there are only 10 characters left, not enough for even just including ".@doctorow:". And I don't see a good way to shorten the quote. Other thoughts, also on the FB/G+? On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 8:29 AM, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: -- Tilman Bayer Senior Operations Analyst (Movement Communications) Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: organization -> org ? that saves 9 chars. -Jeremy

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: I was just thinking if we wanted to save even more. that would help if e.g. if there's a manual retweet (i.e. not through the API, just prefix with "RT"). then they prepend ~15 chars on the beginning and that's too long. But then even 130 is too long. Anyway, was just an idea :) -Jeremy

LGTM On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Tilman Bayer <tbayer(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

+1 for Katherine’s comment, this is how these kind of tweets are usually written (though maybe with a dash to make clear it’s a quote). Either is fine though! Joe On 15 December 2014 at 10:52:58 pm, Katherine Maher (kmaher(a)wikimedia.org) wrote: I don't see where the handle is ambiguous, it follows the same format as a quotation in prose, and is in keeping with Twitter conventions "Is there any other organization that does more to preserve the original, amazing spirit of the Internet?" Cory Doctorow "Is there any other organization that does more to preserve the original, amazing spirit of the Internet?" @doctorow Anyway, the version posted is fine. On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Michael Guss <mguss(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: LGTM On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Tilman Bayer <tbayer(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: OK, just including the handle by itself seemed a bit too minimalist/ambiguous to me, but on reflection that may be better than leaving Cory out completely. And rewording verbatim quotes without indicating the changes is a bit weird, but on Twitter that's probably defensible. So: @wikimedia, RT from @wikipedia: "Is there any other org that does more to preserve the original, amazing spirit of the Internet?" Thanks, @doctorow! http://boingboing.net/2014/12/14/charitable-giving-guide.html On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Jeremy Baron <jeremy(a)tuxmachine.com> wrote: -- Tilman Bayer Senior Operations Analyst (Movement Communications) Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media -- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kmaher(a)wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media -- Joe Sutherland Communications Volunteer m: +44 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu