In my traditional love of the British Isles I'd like to recommend a tweet about the Queen this morning as she surpasses Queen Victoria as longest serving UK Monarch (and, believe, the longest serving reign of any Queen). The traditional time it seems people are confidant about is around 17:30 BST and so 9:30 Pacific. I think it would be awesome if we could get something out then. The front page of Wikipedia will change about the same time to add this to In the News (currently here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#September_9 ).
Thoughts:
- Today Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning British head of state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II - QE 2 is a featured article - Could also use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_in_Britain_by_length_of_reign - Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria [Link] - Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Queen Victoria as longest reigning UK monarch. [Link]
Great free Photo to use: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Elizabeth_II_March_2015.jpg [Personally I like the purple better but there are a couple other good ones at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingd... ]
For those interested (i.e. probably not many of you unless you're as nerdy as I am) the Queen being smart and "celebrating" the day avoiding the London politicians toasting her and doing official duties up north with with the Scottish First Minister :).
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
Errr https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingd... (there are lots of good ones, I'm not sure why I just posted the 2015 category, but I still prefer the purple March one :) )
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 2:34 AM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
In my traditional love of the British Isles I'd like to recommend a tweet about the Queen this morning as she surpasses Queen Victoria as longest serving UK Monarch (and, believe, the longest serving reign of any Queen). The traditional time it seems people are confidant about is around 17:30 BST and so 9:30 Pacific. I think it would be awesome if we could get something out then. The front page of Wikipedia will change about the same time to add this to In the News (currently here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#September_9 ).
Thoughts:
- Today Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning British head
of state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II - QE 2 is a featured article - Could also use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_in_Britain_by_length_of_reign
- Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother Queen
Victoria [Link]
- Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Queen Victoria as longest
reigning UK monarch. [Link]
Great free Photo to use: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Elizabeth_II_March_2015.jpg [Personally I like the purple better but there are a couple other good ones at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingd... ]
For those interested (i.e. probably not many of you unless you're as nerdy as I am) the Queen being smart and "celebrating" the day avoiding the London politicians toasting her and doing official duties up north with with the Scottish First Minister :).
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
Good catch James! I might make the tweets slightly more conversational, but I like the idea for the post.
mobile. On Sep 9, 2015 2:42 AM, "James Alexander" jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
Errr https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingd... (there are lots of good ones, I'm not sure why I just posted the 2015 category, but I still prefer the purple March one :) )
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 2:34 AM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
In my traditional love of the British Isles I'd like to recommend a tweet about the Queen this morning as she surpasses Queen Victoria as longest serving UK Monarch (and, believe, the longest serving reign of any Queen). The traditional time it seems people are confidant about is around 17:30 BST and so 9:30 Pacific. I think it would be awesome if we could get something out then. The front page of Wikipedia will change about the same time to add this to In the News (currently here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#September_9 ).
Thoughts:
- Today Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning British head
of state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II - QE 2 is a featured article - Could also use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_in_Britain_by_length_of_reign
- Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother
Queen Victoria [Link]
- Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Queen Victoria as longest
reigning UK monarch. [Link]
Great free Photo to use: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Elizabeth_II_March_2015.jpg [Personally I like the purple better but there are a couple other good ones at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingd... ]
For those interested (i.e. probably not many of you unless you're as nerdy as I am) the Queen being smart and "celebrating" the day avoiding the London politicians toasting her and doing official duties up north with with the Scottish First Minister :).
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
I like this one: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Women_at_War_1939_-_1945_TR2835.jpg
And here she is on film with Winston Churchill: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SFP_186_-_Balkonauftritt_der_Royals_...
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 5:41 AM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
Errr https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingd... (there are lots of good ones, I'm not sure why I just posted the 2015 category, but I still prefer the purple March one :) )
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 2:34 AM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
In my traditional love of the British Isles I'd like to recommend a tweet about the Queen this morning as she surpasses Queen Victoria as longest serving UK Monarch (and, believe, the longest serving reign of any Queen). The traditional time it seems people are confidant about is around 17:30 BST and so 9:30 Pacific. I think it would be awesome if we could get something out then. The front page of Wikipedia will change about the same time to add this to In the News (currently here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#September_9 ).
Thoughts:
- Today Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning British head
of state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II - QE 2 is a featured article - Could also use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_in_Britain_by_length_of_reign
- Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother
Queen Victoria [Link]
- Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Queen Victoria as longest
reigning UK monarch. [Link]
Great free Photo to use: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Elizabeth_II_March_2015.jpg [Personally I like the purple better but there are a couple other good ones at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingd... ]
For those interested (i.e. probably not many of you unless you're as nerdy as I am) the Queen being smart and "celebrating" the day avoiding the London politicians toasting her and doing official duties up north with with the Scottish First Minister :).
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
And images of her coronation: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingd...
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Victor Grigas vgrigas@wikimedia.org wrote:
I like this one: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Women_at_War_1939_-_1945_TR2835.jpg
And here she is on film with Winston Churchill: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SFP_186_-_Balkonauftritt_der_Royals_...
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 5:41 AM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
Errr https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingd... (there are lots of good ones, I'm not sure why I just posted the 2015 category, but I still prefer the purple March one :) )
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 2:34 AM, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org
wrote:
In my traditional love of the British Isles I'd like to recommend a tweet about the Queen this morning as she surpasses Queen Victoria as longest serving UK Monarch (and, believe, the longest serving reign of any Queen). The traditional time it seems people are confidant about is around 17:30 BST and so 9:30 Pacific. I think it would be awesome if we could get something out then. The front page of Wikipedia will change about the same time to add this to In the News (currently here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#September_9 ).
Thoughts:
- Today Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning British head
of state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II - QE 2 is a featured article - Could also use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_in_Britain_by_length_of_reign
- Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother
Queen Victoria [Link]
- Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Queen Victoria as longest
reigning UK monarch. [Link]
Great free Photo to use: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Elizabeth_II_March_2015.jpg [Personally I like the purple better but there are a couple other good ones at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingd... ]
For those interested (i.e. probably not many of you unless you're as nerdy as I am) the Queen being smart and "celebrating" the day avoiding the London politicians toasting her and doing official duties up north with with the Scottish First Minister :).
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
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LGTM. I'll get something in Buffer.
Joe
On 9 September 2015 at 10:41, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
Errr https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingd... (there are lots of good ones, I'm not sure why I just posted the 2015 category, but I still prefer the purple March one :) )
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 2:34 AM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
In my traditional love of the British Isles I'd like to recommend a tweet about the Queen this morning as she surpasses Queen Victoria as longest serving UK Monarch (and, believe, the longest serving reign of any Queen). The traditional time it seems people are confidant about is around 17:30 BST and so 9:30 Pacific. I think it would be awesome if we could get something out then. The front page of Wikipedia will change about the same time to add this to In the News (currently here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#September_9 ).
Thoughts:
- Today Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning British head
of state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II - QE 2 is a featured article - Could also use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_in_Britain_by_length_of_reign
- Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother
Queen Victoria [Link]
- Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Queen Victoria as longest
reigning UK monarch. [Link]
Great free Photo to use: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Elizabeth_II_March_2015.jpg [Personally I like the purple better but there are a couple other good ones at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingd... ]
For those interested (i.e. probably not many of you unless you're as nerdy as I am) the Queen being smart and "celebrating" the day avoiding the London politicians toasting her and doing official duties up north with with the Scottish First Minister :).
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
Thanks James this all of this!
We'll get your copy and links out now.
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 2:34 AM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
In my traditional love of the British Isles I'd like to recommend a tweet about the Queen this morning as she surpasses Queen Victoria as longest serving UK Monarch (and, believe, the longest serving reign of any Queen). The traditional time it seems people are confidant about is around 17:30 BST and so 9:30 Pacific. I think it would be awesome if we could get something out then. The front page of Wikipedia will change about the same time to add this to In the News (currently here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#September_9 ).
Thoughts:
- Today Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning British head
of state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II - QE 2 is a featured article - Could also use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_in_Britain_by_length_of_reign
- Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother Queen
Victoria [Link]
- Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Queen Victoria as longest
reigning UK monarch. [Link]
Great free Photo to use: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Elizabeth_II_March_2015.jpg [Personally I like the purple better but there are a couple other good ones at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingd... ]
For those interested (i.e. probably not many of you unless you're as nerdy as I am) the Queen being smart and "celebrating" the day avoiding the London politicians toasting her and doing official duties up north with with the Scottish First Minister :).
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
We have shared:
@wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/641652771658317827
Fb: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153521042298346
Wikipedia G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/cnc42bg...
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Michael Guss mguss@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks James this all of this!
We'll get your copy and links out now.
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 2:34 AM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
In my traditional love of the British Isles I'd like to recommend a tweet about the Queen this morning as she surpasses Queen Victoria as longest serving UK Monarch (and, believe, the longest serving reign of any Queen). The traditional time it seems people are confidant about is around 17:30 BST and so 9:30 Pacific. I think it would be awesome if we could get something out then. The front page of Wikipedia will change about the same time to add this to In the News (currently here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#September_9 ).
Thoughts:
- Today Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning British head
of state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II - QE 2 is a featured article - Could also use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_in_Britain_by_length_of_reign
- Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother
Queen Victoria [Link]
- Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Queen Victoria as longest
reigning UK monarch. [Link]
Great free Photo to use: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Elizabeth_II_March_2015.jpg [Personally I like the purple better but there are a couple other good ones at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingd... ]
For those interested (i.e. probably not many of you unless you're as nerdy as I am) the Queen being smart and "celebrating" the day avoiding the London politicians toasting her and doing official duties up north with with the Scottish First Minister :).
James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
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