Social media/Calendar/2013/3

March

March 11-17

Monday, March 11

• OTD:
  • Tweet: On 11 March 1990, Lithuanian parliament restored its independence from the Soviet Union. #onthisday http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania
  • Facebook/G+: On 11 March 1990, The Lithuanian parliament voted to break away from the Soviet Union and restore its independence. Lithuania was the first Soviet republic to declare independence, a year before the break-up of the Soviet Union. #onthisday http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania
  • Tweet: On 11 March 1702, The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper was published for the first time. #onthisday http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Courant
  • On 11 March 1702, The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper was published for the first time. The paper ran until 1735 when it was merged with the Daily Gazetteer. #onthisday http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Courant
• Commons POTD:
  • Tweet: The Wikimedia Commons #PictureoftheDay features the Solenostemon scutellarioides, a species of perennial plant. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solenostemon_scutellarioides,_Jard%C3%ADn_Bot%C3%A1nico,_M%C3%BAnich,_Alemania_2012-04-21,_DD_02.JPG
  • Facebook/G+: The Wikimedia Commons #PictureoftheDay features the Solenostemon scutellarioides, a species of perennial plant commonly known as Coleus or Painted Nettle. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solenostemon_scutellarioides,_Jard%C3%ADn_Bot%C3%A1nico,_M%C3%BAnich,_Alemania_2012-04-21,_DD_02.JPG
• Open Education Week (from @wikimedia)
  • T/I: Today marks the start of Open Education Week. Check out the schedule and participate online here: http://www.openeducationweek.org/
  • FB/G+: Today marks the start of Open Education Week, which raises awareness of the open education movement and opportunities it creates in teaching and learning worldwide. Check out the schedule and participate online here: http://www.openeducationweek.org/
• Lua blog post - community focus
  • T/I Wikimedians: Learn how to use Lua to write faster and more powerful MediaWiki templates: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/11/lua-templates-faster-more-flexible-pages/
  • FB/G+ Wikimedians: Have you ever wished you could use a real programming language to create faster and more powerful MediaWiki templates? This will soon be possible using Lua. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/11/lua-templates-faster-more-flexible-pages/

Tuesday, March 12

• OTD
  • Tweet: On 12 March 1939, Pope Pius XII’s coronation was held at the Vatican. #onthisday http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII
  • Facebook/G+: On 12 March 1939, Pope Pius XII’s coronation was held at the Vatican. #onthisday http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XII
  • Tweet: On 12 March 1968, Mauritius became an independent state. #onthisday http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius
  • Facebook/G+: On 12 March 1968, Mauritius became an independent state as a Commonwealth realm and a republic within the Commonwealth on 12 March 1992. #onthisday http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius
• CommonsPOTD:
  • Tweet: The Wikimedia Commons #PictureoftheDay features a sweeping view of Skofja Loka, Slovenia from atop Smarjetna gora. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Šmarjetna_gora_03.jpg
  • Facebook/G+: The Wikimedia Commons #PictureoftheDay features a sweeping view of Skofja Loka, Slovenia from atop Smarjetna gora. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Šmarjetna_gora_03.jpg
• Language Engineering update
  • T/I: Updates from the @Wikimedia Language Engineering team, including new release of MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/12/new-release-of-the-mediawiki-language-extension-bundle-and-other-updates/
  • FB/G+: Catch up on the new updates from the Wikimedia Foundation Language Engineering team, including a new release of the MediaWiki Language Extension Bundle. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/12/new-release-of-the-mediawiki-language-extension-bundle-and-other-updates/
• Psychology Today story
  • T/I: RT @ScottAMcGreal The real deal about Wikipedians - not close-minded at all! http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/unique-everybody-else/201303/the-misunderstood-personality-profile-wikipedia-members
  • FB/G+: On Psychology Today, psychology researcher Scott McGreal sheds new light on a 2008 study about the personality traits of Wikipedians. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/unique-everybody-else/201303/the-misunderstood-personality-profile-wikipedia-members

Wednesday, March 13

• OTD
  • T/I: On 13 March 1809, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in a coup d'état. #onthisday http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_IV_Adolf_of_Sweden
  • Facebook: On 13 March 1809, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is deposed in a coup d'état. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_IV_Adolf_of_Sweden
• WEP profile
  • T/I: Imagine being assigned to read a Wikipedia article you wrote for a college class. That happened to this woman: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/13/student-assigned-to-read-a-wikipedia-article-that-she-wrote/
  • FB/G+: Imagine being assigned to read a Wikipedia article you wrote for a college class. That's what happened to University of San Francisco student Jacqueline McCrory. Read her story here. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/13/student-assigned-to-read-a-wikipedia-article-that-she-wrote/
• Noun Project Iconathon
  • T/I: The Wikimedia Foundation, @NounProject host Iconathon to develop freely licensed 'encyclopedia collection of icons http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/13/the-noun-project-and-the-wikimedia-foundation-host-an-iconathon-to-create-an-encyclopedia-collection-of-free-icons/
  • FB/G+: The Wikimedia Foundation and The Noun Project are happy to host “The Visual Language of Wikipedia” Iconathon to develop a freely licensed 'encyclopedia collection of icons for use on Wikimedia projects and beyond. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/13/the-noun-project-and-the-wikimedia-foundation-host-an-iconathon-to-create-an-encyclopedia-collection-of-free-icons/
• Feminists Engage Wikipedia
  • T/I: Simultaneous Wikipedia edit-a-thons this Friday, March 15, in honor of @WikiWomen's History Month. Sign up here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Feminists_Engage_Wikipedia
  • FB/G+: In conjunction with THATCamp Feminisms and WikiWomen's History Month, several schools around the country are hosting a simultaneous Wikipedia edit-a-thon this Friday, March 15, to improve the coverage of women, women's history, and feminism on Wikipedia. Learn more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Feminists_Engage_Wikipedia
• P2PU Wikipedia class
  • T/I: Have you wanted to learn to edit Wikipedia? Now you can with this free online #OER class https://p2pu.org/en/courses/49/writing-wikipedia-articles-the-basics-and-beyond/ @p2pu
  • FB/G+: Have you wanted to learn to edit Wikipedia but didn't know where to start? You can take this free online class, a part of Peer 2 Peer University. https://p2pu.org/en/courses/49/writing-wikipedia-articles-the-basics-and-beyond/
• Wikipedia Zero SXSW
  • T/I: Wikipedia Zero wins #SXSW Activism award, @Wikimedia's @thekulway explains why that's important: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/13/wikipedia-zero-wins-2013-sxsw-interactive-activism-award/
  • FB/G+: Wikipedia Zero was honored as the recipient of South by Southwest's 2013 Activism award. The Wikimedia Foundation's Head of Mobile projects explains why this is important in the article below: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/13/wikipedia-zero-wins-2013-sxsw-interactive-activism-award/

Thursday, March 14

• Lua blog post
  • T/I from @wikimedia - Taking our "anyone can edit" maxim a big step forward: yesterday we turned on Lua to facilitate user contributions to Wikimedia sites http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/14/what-lua-scripting-means-wikimedia-open-source/
  • FB/G+: Yesterday, the Wikimedia Foundation activated Lua, an innovated programming language that facilitates user contributions to Wikimedia sites. Anyone can write a chunk of code to be included in an article that will be seen by millions of people. We are taking our “anyone can edit” maxim one big step forward. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/14/what-lua-scripting-means-wikimedia-open-source/
• Most interesting thing
  • T/I - What's the most interesting thing you've learned on Wikipedia?
  • FB/G+ - What's the most interesting thing you've learned on Wikipedia? Tell us in the comments.
• OTD
  • T/I: On 14 March 2013, Pope Pius XI issued the encyclical Mit brennender Sorge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mit_brennender_Sorge.
  • FB/G+: On 14 March 2013, Pope Pius XI issued the encyclical Mit brennender Sorge, condemning antisemitism, criticizing Nazism, and listing breaches of an agreement signed with the Roman Catholic Church. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mit_brennender_Sorge

Friday, March 15

• WikiAfrica Cameroon space
  • T/I: WikiAfrica project welcomes and trains Cameroonians to contribute to Wikimedia sites: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/15/wikiafrica-space/
  • FB/G+:The WikiAfrica space, inaugurated today in Douala, is a place where local Cameroonians can learn about Wikipedia and contribute to Wikimedia sites. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/15/wikiafrica-space/
  • FB targeted at people in Cameroon, France & using French as their interface language: L'espace WikiAfrica, inauguré aujourd'hui à Douala, est un lieu d'accueil pour les Camerounais locaux souhaitant se familiariser avec Wikipedia et apprendre à contribuer aux sites Wikimedia. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/15/wikiafrica-space/#Francais
• OTD:
  • Tweet: On 15 March 44 BC, Julius Caesar was assassinated by Marcus Brutus and other Roman senators on the Ides of March. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar
  • Facebook/G+: On 15 March 44 BC, Julius Caesar was assassinated by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Deciumus Junius Brutus and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar
  • Tweet: On 15 March 1892, the Liverpool Football Club was founded. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_F.C.
  • Facebook/G+: On 15 March 1892, the Liverpool Football Club was founded. The club’s anthem is “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_F.C.
• Commons POTD:
  • Tweet: The Wikimedia Commons #PictureoftheDay features the golden gates of Catherine Palace in Tsarskoe Selo, Russia. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catherine_Palace_in_Tsarskoe_Selo,_Golden_Gates.jpg
  • Facebook/G+: The Wikimedia Commons #PictureoftheDay features the golden gates of Catherine Palace in Tsarskoe Selo, Russia. Catherine Palace was the summer residence of the Russian tsars. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catherine_Palace_in_Tsarskoe_Selo,_Golden_Gates.jpg
• Toulouse History Museum
  • T/I: 1,600 free high-def photos from Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Toulouse now on Wikimedia projects @wikimedia_fr http://www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/sgc-cms/nouvelles-news/anglais-english/?p=6159
  • FB/G+: Through a collaboration between Wikimedia France and the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Toulouse, over 1600 freely licensed, high-definition photos of objects from the museum's collections are now available on Wikimedia projects. http://www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/sgc-cms/nouvelles-news/anglais-english/?p=6159
• Public Domain Review fundraiser
  • T/I: Help the Public Domain Review fundraise and continue to promote the public domain as an indispensable public good: http://publicdomainreview.org/support/
  • FB/G+: Help the Public Domain Review fundraise and continue to promote the public domain as an indispensable public good. They are halfway to their goal and need your help. http://publicdomainreview.org/support/