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Magicpedia talk:All Things Magic Edit-a-thon 2013
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Promotion
Help us promote the event to promote the edit-a-thon to wikipedians, magicians and magic history buffs. Suggestions include:
- Wikis
- Post on front page of MagicPedia and with a blurb at the top of every article (if I can figure out how): DONE
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup DONE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/All_Things_Magic_Edit-a-thon_2013
- Create an Editathon page under Wikipedia:WikiProject_Magic like Wikipedia:WikiProject_Shimer_College/Editathon. need to ask them.
- Post on forums
- Newsletters
- Have You Heard?… by Maria Ibâñez Email sent to merlina@merlina.com. Did not seem to make the cut in this weeks newsletter :(
- New Zealand Newsletter... by Alan Watson DONE http://www.magicnewzealand.com/ezine-archive/2013-Jan-to-Dec-2013/1043-Aug18-2013.html
- Asher's Announcements... by Lee Asher
- Magicians Life... by Mel Kientz - kientz@bnproducts.com
- Tweets
- Use the hashtags: #Wikikadabra and #editathon
- Weibo (Chinese Twitter)
- #Wikikadabra# (same as twitter, kind of)
- Offer to appear on podcasts:
- Get magic organization involved:
- SAM and their new facebook page and compass newsletter posted to SAMTalk Yahoo group (waiting approval).
- IBM Someone did it: http://www.magician.org/portal/en/node/1379 DONE
- Magicana MCA : DONE http://www.magicana.com/magicpedia-all-things-magic-edit-a-thon-2013/
- CARC
- NEMCA DONE http://www.nemca.com/
- Blogs
- canadasmagic - http://canadasmagic.blogspot.com/2013/08/all-things-magic-edit-thon-2013.html (Thanks!)