Hey all! Just a very brief update! ***We are live!*** Banners went up at 1600UTC. It's been 7ish hours and so far things are ticking over nicely! ***A blog!*** Lisa Gruwell and Megan Hernandez have written a blog post announcing the launch of the campaign and why every donation to Wikipedia is important ( https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/11/28/donation-free-knowledge/) ***Supporting the fundraiser on social media!*** There are a number of ways you can support the fundraiser on social media: [1] Twitter: Share why you love Wikipedia and free knowledge using the hashtag #ILoveWikipedia. [2] Facebook: Put our I Love Wikipedia Facebook frame to your profile pic. You can add it for a few hours, a day, or forever. We made these frames to give our supporters another way to show how important Wikipedia is to them. Over 26,000 Facebook users added the frames during last year’s fundraiser, with over 500,000 views in the first 24 hours. That’s one huge party, and you’re invited. :) (https://www.facebook.com/profilepicframes) [3] Anywhere: Please share something you love about the Wikimedia movement with the donation link (https://donate.wikimedia.org) and the hashtag #ILoveWikipedia. Ask your friends to do it, too! I’m sure teachers, college students, journalists or librarians in your circle might have something to add… [4] Amplify or share our videos, which will be going up on social media over the coming days. The first one is a play on the "cup of coffee" message in our fundraising banner. You can help by sharing on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Whichever floats your boat! ***Sharing videos!*** We're trying something interactive this year on social media. Jimmy Wales has recorded a series of extremely short and playful videos that will explain the importance of Wikipedia, ask our readers to respond to questions in their own words, and/or play on some of our most common elements. There are a number of videos that will go out over social over the coming weeks, including some that are funny and some that are simply informative. We plan to measure how these videos resonate and what effect they have on donations. You can see the first video (about 'the cost of a cup of coffee') on Facebook [1] Twitter [2] Commons [3] YouTube [4] and Vimeo [5] [1] https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/videos/10155753105638346/ [2] https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/935556395398709249 [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:If_everyone_reading_ Wikipedia_right_now_donated_the_cost_of_a_cup_of_coffee.webm [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydrpWcsaECg [5] https://vimeo.com/244658321 ***That’s all for now! Thank you everyone for your support! I’ll update you again later in the week!*** Regards -- Seddon *Community and Audience Engagement Associate* *Advancement (Fundraising, Wikimedia Foundation* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>