Round 2: Let's get the Confederate flag story
out of the way before it's
too old.
Twitter (@wikipedia/@wikimedia):
• South Carolina voted to remove the Confederate battle flag last week.
[link]
Facebook/G+:
• The Confederate battle flag had been on display for 54 years. Last
week, it was taken down. [link]
On 14 July 2015 at 20:51, Michael Guss <mguss(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Round 1 of sharing:
Fb:
https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153386908213346
@wikipedia:
https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/621134043896123392
@wikimedia:
https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/621134043866726406
Wikimedia G+ :
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/p…
Wikipedia G+ :
https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/Kzo5rR…
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Michael Guss <mguss(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> Yes, I concur with Joe; but that's a minor thing and we have to
> account for the title acting as complemental copy as well. I think we'll
> run with the clauses following the colon while maintaing the
> #NewsOnWikipedia for the sake of keeping tabs/ developing that conversation.
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Joe Sutherland <
> jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> I'd want to vary the Facebook posts a bit since that'll get pretty
>> samey after a while.
>>
>> The Satoru Iwata Twitter seems to undersell him a little. "Satoru
>> Iwata, Nintendo's president for 12 years, died this week aged 55.
>> #NewsOnWikipedia" might work better.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> On 14 July 2015 at 16:45, Ed Erhart <eerhart(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>>> No worries. Proposed new social:
>>>
>>> Facebook:
>>>
>>> 1. This week in #NewsOnWikipedia: can you name both of this
>>> year's Wimbledon champs?
>>> 2. This week in #NewsOnWikipedia: Greece has agreed to hold
>>> talks on a third bailout deal with their creditors.
>>> 3. This week in #NewsOnWikipedia: the prisoner who escaped
>>> through a mile-long tunnel with the help of a modified motorcycle.
>>> 4. This week in #NewsOnWikipedia: the Confederate flag was
>>> removed from South Carolina's State House grounds this week.
>>> 5. This week in #NewsOnWikipedia: Satoru Iwata, the long-time
>>> president of Nintendo who oversaw game consoles like the GameCube and
Wii,
>>> died at the age of 55.
>>>
>>> Twitter:
>>>
>>> 1. Can you name both of this year's Wimbledon champs?
>>> #NewsOnWikipedia
>>> 2. Greece and the EU come together for a potential third
>>> financial bailout. #NewsOnWikipedia
>>> 3. This prisoner escaped with a mile-long tunnel and a modified
>>> motorcycle. #NewsOnWikipedia
>>> 4. The Confederate flag came down from South Carolina's State
>>> House grounds this week. #NewsOnWikipedia
>>> 5. Did you own a GameCube or Wii? If so, you'll miss Satoru
>>> Iwata. #NewsOnWikipedia
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> --Ed
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:14 PM, Juliet Barbara <
>>> jbarbara(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, Andrew and Ed. I thought our plan was to split this up into
>>>> individual stories on social (i.e. one post per story) rather than
promote
>>>> the whoel blog post?
>>>>
>>>> Also I'm not comfortable using the #ElChapo hashtag.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Andrew Sherman <
>>>> asherman(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> For sure. I thought this could be the social for today (or first
>>>>> day promotion). I expected Joe to have more social ideas.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Ed Erhart
<eerhart(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm sure Joe will add more here too so we can socialize this
>>>>>> multiple times, like last week :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For Twitter, is #ElChapo the hashtag for him? Let's also
hashtag
>>>>>> #NewsOnWikipedia
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For Facebook, "This week in #NewsOnWikipedia: Wimbledon,
>>>>>> Nintendo, and much more."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --Ed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Andrew Sherman <
>>>>>> asherman(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We just published "News on Wikipedia: possible bailout
for
>>>>>>> Greece and a prison escape in Mexico" to the blog. URL:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/14/greece-bailout-mexico-prison-escape/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks to Joe for writing the draft and Ed for editing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Below are proposed social media messages. Please tweak as
needed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Twitter:*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> • News on Wikipedia: #ElChapo escape in #Mexico [link]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Facebook:*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> • Check out what happened this week on Wikipedia; prions
escape,
>>>>>>> Greece bailout package, Nintendo's president and much
more. [link]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Andrew Sherman
>>>>>>> Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
>>>>>>> *WMF:* ASherman (WMF)
>>>>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Ed Erhart
>>>>>> Editorial Intern
>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>> Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>
>>>>> *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
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