Hello Everyone,
We just published "Preserving Wikipedia citations for the future: Geoffrey Bilder" to the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/01/preserving-wikipedia-citations/
Thanks to Yoona and Victor for writing, Fabrice and Ed for editing, and Jan Novak for interviewing.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
• Preserving Wikipedia's citations for the future: Geoffrey Bilder wants to stop hyperlinks from “rotting” (link)
*Facebook/Google+:*
• Geoffrey Bilder is working to prevent the death of hyperlinks, also known as "link rot". The average lifespan of a hyperlink is around six years—a problem for a site like Wikipedia, which relies on many linked references. (link)
Thanks,
I'd go for, instead of "relies on many linked references", "relies on many online references". I've edited that below. Otherwise LGTM!
best, Joe
On 1 June 2015 at 23:05, Andrew Sherman asherman@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello Everyone,
We just published "Preserving Wikipedia citations for the future: Geoffrey Bilder" to the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/01/preserving-wikipedia-citations/
Thanks to Yoona and Victor for writing, Fabrice and Ed for editing, and Jan Novak for interviewing.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
• Preserving Wikipedia's citations for the future: Geoffrey Bilder wants to stop hyperlinks from “rotting” (link)
*Facebook/Google+:*
• Geoffrey Bilder is working to prevent the death of hyperlinks, also known as "link rot". The average lifespan of a hyperlink is around six years—a problem for a site like Wikipedia, which relies on many online references. (link)
Thanks,
-- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman@wikimedia.org *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)
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Great change, Joe. For the Twitter status, perhaps a simple question like "How will #Wikipedia preserve its citations for future generations?" or "How would you preserve #Wikipedia citations for the future? Geoffrey Bilder has one solution:" would get more engagement? I'm open to thoughts/improvements/contradictory arguments on those.
--Ed
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 6:19 PM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
I'd go for, instead of "relies on many linked references", "relies on many online references". I've edited that below. Otherwise LGTM!
best, Joe
On 1 June 2015 at 23:05, Andrew Sherman asherman@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello Everyone,
We just published "Preserving Wikipedia citations for the future: Geoffrey Bilder" to the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/01/preserving-wikipedia-citations/
Thanks to Yoona and Victor for writing, Fabrice and Ed for editing, and Jan Novak for interviewing.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
• Preserving Wikipedia's citations for the future: Geoffrey Bilder wants to stop hyperlinks from “rotting” (link)
*Facebook/Google+:*
• Geoffrey Bilder is working to prevent the death of hyperlinks, also known as "link rot". The average lifespan of a hyperlink is around six years—a problem for a site like Wikipedia, which relies on many online references. (link)
Thanks,
-- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman@wikimedia.org *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)
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)
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That sounds like a really good idea, actually, I'd be all for that.
Joe
On 1 June 2015 at 23:31, Ed Erhart eerhart@wikimedia.org wrote:
Great change, Joe. For the Twitter status, perhaps a simple question like "How will #Wikipedia preserve its citations for future generations?" or "How would you preserve #Wikipedia citations for the future? Geoffrey Bilder has one solution:" would get more engagement? I'm open to thoughts/improvements/contradictory arguments on those.
--Ed
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 6:19 PM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
I'd go for, instead of "relies on many linked references", "relies on many online references". I've edited that below. Otherwise LGTM!
best, Joe
On 1 June 2015 at 23:05, Andrew Sherman asherman@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello Everyone,
We just published "Preserving Wikipedia citations for the future: Geoffrey Bilder" to the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/01/preserving-wikipedia-citations/
Thanks to Yoona and Victor for writing, Fabrice and Ed for editing, and Jan Novak for interviewing.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
• Preserving Wikipedia's citations for the future: Geoffrey Bilder wants to stop hyperlinks from “rotting” (link)
*Facebook/Google+:*
• Geoffrey Bilder is working to prevent the death of hyperlinks, also known as "link rot". The average lifespan of a hyperlink is around six years—a problem for a site like Wikipedia, which relies on many online references. (link)
Thanks,
-- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman@wikimedia.org *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)
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)
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
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Yes Ed I prefer the second of your suggestions so I'm going to run with that on Twitter.
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
That sounds like a really good idea, actually, I'd be all for that.
Joe
On 1 June 2015 at 23:31, Ed Erhart eerhart@wikimedia.org wrote:
Great change, Joe. For the Twitter status, perhaps a simple question like "How will #Wikipedia preserve its citations for future generations?" or "How would you preserve #Wikipedia citations for the future? Geoffrey Bilder has one solution:" would get more engagement? I'm open to thoughts/improvements/contradictory arguments on those.
--Ed
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 6:19 PM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org
wrote:
I'd go for, instead of "relies on many linked references", "relies on many online references". I've edited that below. Otherwise LGTM!
best, Joe
On 1 June 2015 at 23:05, Andrew Sherman asherman@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello Everyone,
We just published "Preserving Wikipedia citations for the future: Geoffrey Bilder" to the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/01/preserving-wikipedia-citations/
Thanks to Yoona and Victor for writing, Fabrice and Ed for editing, and Jan Novak for interviewing.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
• Preserving Wikipedia's citations for the future: Geoffrey Bilder wants to stop hyperlinks from “rotting” (link)
*Facebook/Google+:*
• Geoffrey Bilder is working to prevent the death of hyperlinks, also known as "link rot". The average lifespan of a hyperlink is around six years—a problem for a site like Wikipedia, which relies on many online references. (link)
Thanks,
-- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman@wikimedia.org *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)
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)
Social-media mailing list Social-media@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
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-- *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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