+1, not just en:wp. I'd love to see community mods involved in maintaining the core social accounts. We could certainly queue up messages on a wikipage using existing scripts and tools, in a way that could be multiplexed across different media channels (and the workflow used by anyone federating such updates to other platforms). Slight tweaks to ITN/DYK formats in many languages (optimizing for embeds, replies, threading) would make great posts. [and we have solid social media stars in the community who could help as well or guest-curate from time to time]
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 6:10 PM Nathan <nawr...@gmail.com> wrote: > The English Wikipedia community has managed the Main Page in English for > many years, including rapidly updated ITN and DYK sections. The prominence > of the Main Page has declined a little bit as a landing page, but it > suggests that there may be better alternatives to staff planning tweets out > a few weeks ahead and taking submissions via a Google form. Perhaps the > communications team can look into some of these options that might leverage > the strength and core competencies of the community? > > ~Nate > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 6:05 PM Lauren Dickinson <ldickin...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the new images >> from the Webb telescope. They are truly incredible. >> >> In response to Lodewijk's question, the Foundation's Communications >> Department manages the English Wikipedia social media accounts (on >> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/>, Twitter >> <https://twitter.com/Wikipedia>, and Instagram >> <https://www.instagram.com/Wikipedia/?hl=en>), as well as the Wikimedia >> Foundation accounts. There is more information about that on Meta-Wiki >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media>. >> >> We try to plan the content calendar about one to two weeks in advance, >> but we stay flexible to react to current events and Wikimedia news. We >> always welcome ideas for articles and content to share from both the >> Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia channels. You can share ideas with us at >> any time via this Google Form >> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchEZ_-8jCJP6E6UQguy_MjOYgoNUfSyzNhbnWU5S1D9_aenw/viewform>. >> Amplifying the work of volunteers in the movement is important to us, and >> we value suggestions on opportunities for us to do this further. >> >> Regarding the Webb telescope news, we are planning to share the related >> Wikipedia article as this Friday's Article of the Week >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Article_of_the_week> on >> Wikipedia's social media channels, and to highlight that the images are >> available on Commons. Every Friday, we share an article that is relevant to >> current global events and conversations (e.g. we shared about Hajj >> <https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/1545492143023820813> last week), >> so we thought the Webb telescope would be a perfect fit for this week. >> >> We also look for opportunities to retweet posts from others related to >> Wikimedia and current topics. For example, we just shared this post from >> Wikimedia Chile >> <https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/1546936039968743425> about the >> Webb images. With this approach, we can share about the same topic in >> multiple ways, from a range of perspectives, and celebrate community >> groups. Another way is by sharing blog posts and media coverage that >> mention us. >> >> With that in mind, another idea I would like to propose is a blog post >> on Diff <https://diff.wikimedia.org/> that tells the story of how >> Wikimedia communities responded to the release of the images and made sure >> information and the photos were quickly available on Wikimedia projects. >> This is just an idea. If anyone is interested in writing that blog, please >> let us know! We can then amplify the post on social media to bring it more >> visibility. >> >> Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you! >> >> Lauren >> *Lauren Dickinson (she/her)* >> Senior Communications Manager >> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 1:43 PM effe iets anders < >> effeietsand...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> How is @Wikipedia (and similar accounts) being managed right now? I'm >>> mostly curious about the process how the tweets are decided upon - is this >>> a staff-driven process or is there some community engagement? Is it planned >>> out long in advance, or reactive (or somewhere in between)? >>> >>> Are there opportunities to better bolster the strengths of our community? >>> >>> Lodewijk >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 9:30 AM Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> We should all be answering questions :) The public interest will only >>>> grow with the glorious images coming out today. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 10:45 AM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga < >>>> galder...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Good day, >>>>> Yesterday, the James Webb telescope published its first image, called >>>>> "Webb's Frist Deep Field" ( >>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webb%27s_First_Deep_Field). An article >>>>> about the image existis in 14 languages. The tweet announcing it has >>>>> collected in less than a day more than 77.000 RTs and 275.000 likes ( >>>>> https://twitter.com/NASAWebb/status/1546621080298835970). The main >>>>> object of the image didn't have any article at any Wikipedia (not an item >>>>> at Wikidata) yesterday. Now we have an article in 8 languages: >>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMACS_J0723.3-7327 and a category in >>>>> Commons. >>>>> >>>>> Well, the Wikipedia twitter handle didn't tweet anything about this >>>>> achievement, and didn't give any contest to the image. ( >>>>> https://twitter.com/wikipedia). >>>>> >>>>> We could be answering questions. "By 2030, Wikimedia will become the >>>>> essential infrastructure of the ecosystem of free knowledge". We could be >>>>> centering free knowledge at Wikimedia. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Galder >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, >>>>> guidelines at: >>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>>>> Public archives at >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/ZOCBTOH4CXJDCV74J7YR6HAVL7EAGOQF/ >>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 >>>> 4266 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, >>>> guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines >>>> and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>>> Public archives at >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/3GELHG42LCD3K5Z7OJ6CQEYLHGJ764AH/ >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >>> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>> Public archives at >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/HZNWOQLM3ZBMWSQBJNNFTDTQI4HQ7PLD/ >>> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/E7BG4MBH7O2GDDLSR3MN4JBSS2OWHQB4/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/B4KENOJI3DRGRTISO67JJQQNSKT5BAS2/ > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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