Hey all, We today published "News on Wikipedia: Japan shocks the rugby world, an earthquake strikes Chile, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/22/japan-rugby-chile-earthquake/ We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the rest of the week to keep things timely. Please do comment for tone. *Twitter:* • Greece just had their second general election in nine months. #NewsOnWikipedia

• Japan's military now has powers it hasn't had since World War II. #NewsOnWikipedia

#NewsOnWikipedia

• Burkina Faso experienced its second major political uprising in two years. #NewsOnWikipedia

• Japan won its first Rugby World Cup game since 1991... against the Springboks. #NewsOnWikipedia Springboks is such a great word... how can you NOT want to figure out

#NewsOnWikipedia

• Japan has promoted legislation allowing it to fight in foreign conflicts for the first time since World War II. #NewsOnWikipedia

• An earthquake off the coast of Chile was felt in São Paulo — more than 1,600 miles away. #NewsOnWikipedia

#NewsOnWikipedia

• Teams South Africa has lost to in a Rugby World Cup: England, New Zealand, Australia ... and now Japan. #NewsOnWikipedia

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These have now been scheduled. I'm going to stick without the "only" for the rugby Facebook post if only because it's supposed to read like a definitive list (because it is), and "only" is kind of redundant for that. Thanks for the suggestions though!! Joe On 23 September 2015 at 03:02, James Alexander < jalexander(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > Thanks Joe, thoughts inline > > James Alexander > Manager > Trust & Safety > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Joe Sutherland < > jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> We today published "News on Wikipedia: Japan shocks the rugby world, >> an earthquake strikes Chile, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL: >> >> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/22/japan-rugby-chile-earthquake/ >> >> We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread >> through the rest of the week to keep things timely. >> >> Please do comment for tone. >> >> *Twitter:* >> >> • Greece just had their second general election in nine months. >> #NewsOnWikipedia >> > > hmm, this works but I wonder about a bit more of an active voice? (I > think I'm using that phrase correctly...) such as: > > "Greece finishes their second general election in nine months. > #NewsOnWikipedia" think it flows better then "just had" > > >> • Japan's military now has powers it hasn't had since World War II. >> #NewsOnWikipedia >> > > LGTM, other thoughts: > > - Japan interprets it's constitution to allow it to enter foreign > conflicts to attack in self-defense. #NewsOnWikipedia > - Japan's military gains powers it hasn't had since World War II. > #NewsOnWikipedia > > • A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile last week. >> #NewsOnWikipedia >> > > LGTM > > >> • Burkina Faso experienced its second major political uprising in two >> years. #NewsOnWikipedia >> > > Perhaps experiences? (rather then experienced) LGTM with either > > >> • Japan won its first Rugby World Cup game since 1991... against the >> Springboks. #NewsOnWikipedia >> >> Springboks is such a great word... how can you NOT want to figure out > what the hell that is when you read it... [/me had to google before > responding] > > >> *Facebook/G+:* >> >> • Greece just held its third national vote of the year... >> #NewsOnWikipedia >> > > LGTM, same slight comment as above. > > >> • Japan has promoted legislation allowing it to fight in foreign >> conflicts for the first time since World War II. #NewsOnWikipedia >> > LGTM > >> • An earthquake off the coast of Chile was felt in São Paulo — more >> than 1,600 miles away. #NewsOnWikipedia >> > > LGTM > > • Last year, a populist movement overthrew the President of Burkina >> Faso. Last week, the new President was overthrown in a coup d'état. >> #NewsOnWikipedia >> > > Like this, LGTM > > >> • Teams South Africa has lost to in a Rugby World Cup: England, New >> Zealand, Australia ... and now Japan. #NewsOnWikipedia >> > > Are these the only teams they've ever lost too? Perhaps adding Only > somewhere? "The only teams South Africa has lost to during a Rugby World > Cup: ...." > > >> > best, >> 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 >> Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org > 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)>