Yeah, it's done really well! Thanks mostly to an accidental Game of Thrones reference. :)
It's a good idea for future examples of this feature. Joe On 28 June 2015 at 11:40, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote: > The 'did you know' post did very well on Facebook—over a thousand likes > and views. We could try to turn the senatorial one into a DYK as well, like > "Did you know ... that this senator sacrificed his career for a group of > unjustly discharged African-American soldiers?" > > It's not really an editorial comment, as the US government exonerated the > soldiers in the 1970s. > > --Ed > > On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Joe Sutherland <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> We've posted: >> >> FB: *https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153346183643346 >> <https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153346183643346>* >> >> @Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/614789098289676288 >> @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/614788993981542400 >> >> G+ Wikipedia: https://plus.google.com/+Wikipedia/posts/1ZtTC7K5si6 >> G+ Wikimedia: >> https://plus.google.com/108193079736330787108/posts/8u1J1hN2Ggk >> >> On 27 June 2015 at 07:32, Fabrice Florin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes, I think it’s a promising weekly series, that has the potential to >>> serve two great goals: >>> • surface interesting content on Wikipedia >>> • get inside the mind of an active Wikipedia contributor >>> >>> Both of these goals can serve our mission, but the second one interests >>> me the most, because it can help build empathy and trust between readers >>> and editors. >>> >>> Nicely done, Ed and team! >>> >>> BTW, here are the personal posts I just published. Feel free to use any >>> of that copy, as you see fit :) >>> >>> And I agree that we should also try promoting this story with individual >>> images, as proposed in #3 and #4 below. >>> >>> I also like the idea of using ‘Did you know’ posts more often, such as >>> this one: >>> >>> 'Did you know ... that as late as 1818, English courts upheld your right >>> to demand a trial by battle?' >>> >>> -f >>> >>> ________ >>> >>> >>> Facebook: >>> >>> Wikipedia Picks: five unusual and fascinating articles, recommended by >>> guest editor Wehwalt, a top contributor of featured articles of Wikipedia. >>> This is a new content experiment for the Wikimedia blog. What do you >>> think of this weekly feature idea? >>> >>> >>> https://www.facebook.com/fabrice.florin/posts/10155735696325506?pnref=story >>> >>> >>> >>> Twitter: >>> >>> Wikipedia Picks: five great articles, recommended by guest editor >>> Wehwalt. What do you think of this new feature? >>> >>> https://twitter.com/fabriceflorin/status/614677634794926080 >>> >>> >>> On Jun 26, 2015, at 10:03 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> That is a fun blog post. It reads like some of the more entertaining >>> Signpost featured content reports. >>> >>> Pine >>> On Jun 26, 2015 9:34 PM, "Ed Erhart" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I wrote most of these, so I won't LGTM, but please note that specific >>>> images go with the third and fourth proposed tweets/posts. >>>> >>>> --Ed >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Joe Sutherland < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey all, >>>>> >>>>> We just published "Wikipedia Picks: disaster, trial by battle, and >>>>> more" to the blog. URL: >>>>> >>>>> *https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/26/wikipedia-picks-disaster-battle/ >>>>> <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/26/wikipedia-picks-disaster-battle/>* >>>>> >>>>> Many thanks to Gary for writing this post, as well as to Ed, Andrew >>>>> and Fabrice for editing. >>>>> >>>>> Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. >>>>> >>>>> *Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):* >>>>> >>>>> • Wikipedia Picks: five articles on disaster, trial by battle, and >>>>> more (link) >>>>> • "A notorious incident where a passenger ship sank during trip across >>>>> the Atlantic, and few of the passengers survived ... Like #Titanic, but >>>>> worse." >>>>> • The senator sacrificed his career for a group of African-American >>>>> soldiers. [+image] >>>>> • That beard though. [+image] >>>>> >>>>> *Facebook/Google+:* >>>>> >>>>> • English Wikipedia editor Gary Greenbaum discusses five featured >>>>> #Wikipedia articles—including a maritime disaster, a pioneer, and a horse >>>>> trainer-turned-publisher. (link) >>>>> • Did you know ... that as late as 1818, English courts upheld your >>>>> right to demand a trial by battle? >>>>> >>>>> thanks, >>>>> Joe >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *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 >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ed Erhart >>>> Editorial Intern >>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> 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 >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > > -- > Ed Erhart > Editorial Intern > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > 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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