Grants:IdeaLab/Using Social Media to recruit new editors
Using Social Media to recruit new editors
Get people who are active on social media to also become active on Wikipedia
created on14:15, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
Project idea
editWhat is the problem you're trying to solve?
editPeople don't know how to edit Wikipedia. Show them it could be just as easy as writing on Social Media
What is your solution?
editThis could bring more editors to Wikipedia and solve all our problems: diversity, gender-gap, increasing number of editors
Goals
editGet Involved
editParticipants
edit- Advisor use the tool of publicity of facebook twitter and google+to promote wikimedia project Touzrimounir (talk) 15:50, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
Endorsements
editProject idea
editWhat is the problem you're trying to solve?
editPeople don't know how to edit Wikipedia. Show them it could be just as easy as writing on Social Media
What is your solution?
edit- Sponsored adds in the Social Media
- Special Facebook Page (engaging content or posts)
- Partnerships with High Profile Community Users
- Balloons (create Pages that get viral by sharing)
- organizing meetups
- personalize your edits (everytime you make an edit on wikipedia, people on FB will get informed)
Goals
editThis could bring more editors to Wikipedia and solve all our problems: diversity, gender-gap, increasing number of editors