Hitchwiki talk:Press releases/1000 articles in English

Great idea MrTweek! I will help a.s.a.p outlining some bits and pieces, and translating into Dutch. --Robino 21:24, 30 July 2008 (CEST)

Would anyone add his phone number? I could do that, but i'll be offline until october. --MrTweek 10:17, 3 September 2008 (CEST)

You can add me to the press email list. I hope Robin will volunteer for the phone number ;) guaka^{site, wikitalk} 12:01, 3 September 2008 (CEST)

I could and I am available + will update contact details --Robino 12:17, 3 September 2008 (CEST)

any other volunteers ? --Robino 12:18, 3 September 2008 (CEST)

Contents

press-list

Can someone make a start for a send-list? --Robino 12:17, 3 September 2008 (CEST)

Spreading the news

Some links:

• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_release_logbook/pr-1mil
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Press_releases/How_to_send_a_press_release

Dutch list

• http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verzendlijst_persberichten

English list

• http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Press_release_logbook/En:

We can copy the lists we can find on Wikipedia. Robin and I can work on the Dutch press. guaka^{site, wikitalk} 12:19, 3 September 2008 (CEST)

German list

• http://www.openbroadcast.de/
• http://www.openpr.de/
• http://www.pressbot.net/
• http://pressemitteilung.ws/
• http://www.inar.de/blog/voe.html
• http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Pressemitteilungen/Empf%C3%A4nger&oldid=1443255
• http://www.wikivoyage.org/de/News:Reisenachrichten
• http://wikitravel.org/de/Reisenachrichten

Wikipedia

If we get to be mentioned in the press we can try to get an article up on Wikipedia. That would definitely improve our pagerank and visibility. guaka^{site, wikitalk} 23:06, 5 September 2008 (CEST)