Hey all, We just published "Wikipedia Picks: disaster, trial by battle, and more" to the blog. URL: *https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/26/wikipedia-picks-disaster-battle/ <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/26/wikipedia-picks-disaster-battle/>* Many thanks to Gary for writing this post, as well as to Ed, Andrew and Fabrice for editing. Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. *Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):* • Wikipedia Picks: five articles on disaster, trial by battle, and more (link) • "A notorious incident where a passenger ship sank during trip across the Atlantic, and few of the passengers survived ... Like #Titanic, but worse." • The senator sacrificed his career for a group of African-American soldiers. [+image] • That beard though. [+image] *Facebook/Google+:* • English Wikipedia editor Gary Greenbaum discusses five featured #Wikipedia articles—including a maritime disaster, a pioneer, and a horse trainer-turned-publisher. (link) • Did you know ... that as late as 1818, English courts upheld your right to demand a trial by battle? thanks, 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(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media

I wrote most of these, so I won't LGTM, but please note that specific images go with the third and fourth proposed tweets/posts. --Ed On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Joe Sutherland < jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > Hey all, > > We just published "Wikipedia Picks: disaster, trial by battle, and > more" to the blog. URL: > > *https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/26/wikipedia-picks-disaster-battle/ > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/26/wikipedia-picks-disaster-battle/>* > > Many thanks to Gary for writing this post, as well as to Ed, Andrew > and Fabrice for editing. > > Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. > > *Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):* > > • Wikipedia Picks: five articles on disaster, trial by battle, and > more (link) > • "A notorious incident where a passenger ship sank during trip across > the Atlantic, and few of the passengers survived ... Like #Titanic, but > worse." > • The senator sacrificed his career for a group of African-American > soldiers. [+image] > • That beard though. [+image] > > *Facebook/Google+:* > > • English Wikipedia editor Gary Greenbaum discusses five featured > #Wikipedia articles—including a maritime disaster, a pioneer, and a horse > trainer-turned-publisher. (link) > • Did you know ... that as late as 1818, English courts upheld your > right to demand a trial by battle? > > thanks, > 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(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- Ed Erhart Editorial Intern Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media _______________________________________________

We've posted: FB: *https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153346183643346 <https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153346183643346>* @Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/614789098289676288 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/614788993981542400 G+ Wikipedia: https://plus.google.com/+Wikipedia/posts/1ZtTC7K5si6 G+ Wikimedia: https://plus.google.com/108193079736330787108/posts/8u1J1hN2Ggk On 27 June 2015 at 07:32, Fabrice Florin &lt;fflorin(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > Yes, I think it’s a promising weekly series, that has the potential to > serve two great goals: > • surface interesting content on Wikipedia > • get inside the mind of an active Wikipedia contributor > > Both of these goals can serve our mission, but the second one > interests me the most, because it can help build empathy and trust between > readers and editors. > > Nicely done, Ed and team! > > BTW, here are the personal posts I just published. Feel free to use > any of that copy, as you see fit :) > > And I agree that we should also try promoting this story with > individual images, as proposed in #3 and #4 below. > > I also like the idea of using ‘Did you know’ posts more often, such as > this one: > > 'Did you know ... that as late as 1818, English courts upheld your > right to demand a trial by battle?' > > -f > > ________ > > > Facebook: > > Wikipedia Picks: five unusual and fascinating articles, recommended by > guest editor Wehwalt, a top contributor of featured articles of Wikipedia. > This is a new content experiment for the Wikimedia blog. What do you > think of this weekly feature idea? > > > https://www.facebook.com/fabrice.florin/posts/10155735696325506?pnref=story > > > > Twitter: > > Wikipedia Picks: five great articles, recommended by guest editor > Wehwalt. What do you think of this new feature? > > https://twitter.com/fabriceflorin/status/614677634794926080 > > > On Jun 26, 2015, at 10:03 PM, Pine W &lt;wiki.pine(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > That is a fun blog post. It reads like some of the more entertaining > Signpost featured content reports. > > Pine > On Jun 26, 2015 9:34 PM, "Ed Erhart" &lt;eerhart(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > >> I wrote most of these, so I won't LGTM, but please note that specific >> images go with the third and fourth proposed tweets/posts. >> >> --Ed >> >> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Joe Sutherland < >> jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> We just published "Wikipedia Picks: disaster, trial by battle, and >>> more" to the blog. URL: >>> >>> *https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/26/wikipedia-picks-disaster-battle/ >>> <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/26/wikipedia-picks-disaster-battle/>* >>> >>> Many thanks to Gary for writing this post, as well as to Ed, Andrew >>> and Fabrice for editing. >>> >>> Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as >>> needed. >>> >>> *Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):* >>> >>> • Wikipedia Picks: five articles on disaster, trial by battle, and >>> more (link) >>> • "A notorious incident where a passenger ship sank during trip >>> across the Atlantic, and few of the passengers survived ... Like #Titanic, >>> but worse." >>> • The senator sacrificed his career for a group of African-American >>> soldiers. [+image] >>> • That beard though. [+image] >>> >>> *Facebook/Google+:* >>> >>> • English Wikipedia editor Gary Greenbaum discusses five featured >>> #Wikipedia articles—including a maritime disaster, a pioneer, and a horse >>> trainer-turned-publisher. (link) >>> • Did you know ... that as late as 1818, English courts upheld your >>> right to demand a trial by battle? >>> >>> thanks, >>> 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(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Ed Erhart >> Editorial Intern >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)> _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media

I'd probably be wary about doing this again for the same blogpost, but it's probably an idea for the future? Joe On 29 June 2015 at 05:08, Ed Erhart &lt;eerhart(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > We could also try to make an explicit Game of Thrones reference, if > it's not too repetitive: "Oberyn Martell and the Mountain from *Game > of Thrones* could have fought in a trial by battle as late as 1818," > or "*Game of Thrones*' Tyrion could have requested a trial by battle > as late as 1818." > > *Game of Thrones* there would be linked to the show's page (that > should drive up views). > > Sorry, if I actually watched GoT I would have thought of this before. > > --Ed > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)> _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media