Joe Biden to decide if he's running for U.S. president. That's a U.S.-centric story, but relevant and much-discussed. What about this for a tweet?
Did you know? Vice President Joe Biden was elected to the U.S. Senate at 30, and served there from 1973-2009. http://buff.ly/1LyAiYL
Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder https://twitter.com/JeffElder @wikipedia https://twitter.com/wikipedia The Wikimedia blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/
I don't think @wikipedia should wade into elections and primaries by highlighting particular facts from candidates' biographies. Perhaps it's time to read up on neutrality as a core Wikipedia principle.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
Joe Biden to decide if he's running for U.S. president. That's a U.S.-centric story, but relevant and much-discussed. What about this for a tweet?
Did you know? Vice President Joe Biden was elected to the U.S. Senate at 30, and served there from 1973-2009. http://buff.ly/1LyAiYL
Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder @wikipedia The Wikimedia blog
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I tend to agree. Unless we consciously do it the same number of times for each candidate running - someone may say we are playing favorites. Also, given our 501c3 status (not so much that we are breaking rules as hassle of people claiming we are), commitment to neutrality, and increasing desire to engage in public policy - not sure it is worth it.
I think as the election nears, talking about general bipartisan aspects of the elections is safer - like the general election debates (which are expected to draw a lot of SM traffic). Maybe the conventions if both are done equally - but candidates are a bit murkier.
That said - as a policy wonk - I appreciate and applaud the desire to engage on that topic. :)
-greg
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On Oct 19, 2015, at 11:27 AM, Tilman Bayer tbayer@wikimedia.org wrote:
I don't think @wikipedia should wade into elections and primaries by highlighting particular facts from candidates' biographies. Perhaps it's time to read up on neutrality as a core Wikipedia principle.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote: Joe Biden to decide if he's running for U.S. president. That's a U.S.-centric story, but relevant and much-discussed. What about this for a tweet?
Did you know? Vice President Joe Biden was elected to the U.S. Senate at 30, and served there from 1973-2009. http://buff.ly/1LyAiYL
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I just did read up on neutrality as a core principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view, and I appreciate you pointing it out, Tilman. It's a great point to keep in mind, and I agree this tweet shouldn't go out.
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Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder https://twitter.com/JeffElder @wikipedia https://twitter.com/wikipedia The Wikimedia blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Tilman Bayer tbayer@wikimedia.org wrote:
I don't think @wikipedia should wade into elections and primaries by highlighting particular facts from candidates' biographies. Perhaps it's time to read up on neutrality as a core Wikipedia principle.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
Joe Biden to decide if he's running for U.S. president. That's a U.S.-centric story, but relevant and much-discussed. What about this for
a
tweet?
Did you know? Vice President Joe Biden was elected to the U.S. Senate at
30,
and served there from 1973-2009. http://buff.ly/1LyAiYL
Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder @wikipedia The Wikimedia blog
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
-- Tilman Bayer Senior Analyst Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB
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