I tend to think that they can be incredibly useful and reader friendly. I've always
found it a bit disappointing we don't have it as they are probably the bigger reader
request I've ever seen. That said I know that enWiki has had multiple discussions
about it ending in failure. The issues mostly seem to stem from the "we're not
MySpace" crowd which I think misses the point that we both "are" a social
network and that we're an educational site (and should encourage sharing that
information) but <sigh>.
However! That doesn't stop other projects from doing it and I would love to see those
that do. Wikinews has ha their social bookmarks template for a while now and we adapted it
for the fundraiser a while ago on WMF wiki as well as a very nice version for the anti
SOPA protests.. I don't have the links handy but can get them at home and I think the
best thing to do would be to search through the history because they've gone through a
couple variations. There is a bug on bugzilla as well to add the meta information required
for a more useful Facebook share (and I think G+) which also is unlikely to be that big of
a problem.
The only thing to keep in mind is that we occasionally need creativity. The
"default" way that most sites tell you to share is often problematic for our
privacy policy because it either has a script call to the home sight on page load or
requires an iframe (Facebook likes I'm looking at you). That said they all have
options that can work for us they are just a bit more hidden.
James
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James Alexander
Manager - Merchandise
Wikimedia Foundation
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On Apr 17, 2013, at 19:28, billinghurst <billinghurst(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I am wondering why there is no "tweet this
page" capability through the
WMF sites? It is so widely available through the web, and here is a range
of sites that would be a prime place to do it, and NADA, no capacity.
Even if we had it for something like
https://blog.wikimedia.org/ would be
a good place to start. Howwever, the ability to easily tweet about a book
at Wikisource, an article at one of the WPs all sound like marvellous
things to easily do.
Regards, Billinghurst
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