Set up MassMessage functionality for informing community about OpenRefine and SDC news
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	Sep 17 2021, 7:07 AM

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In order to conveniently reach many community members about the new StructuredDataOnCommons features in OpenRefine, set up MassMessage functionality.
In that way, community members can easily sign up if they want to stay informed. And @Spinster can message everyone at once.

User:SFauconnier ~~will first need to be made~~ is now a MassMessage sender.
Set up the signup page
Run a little test
Link to the signup page from Commons:OpenRefine
Alert our core community folks to this new thing, so that they can sign up

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Due Date: Sep 21 2021, 10:00 PM

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Spinster created this task.Sep 17 2021, 7:07 AM

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And we have a signup page. Let the people come, massively. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_message_delivery/Targets/OpenRefine_and_SDC

Macro catbowtie:

In the past I manually went through the list of people who had the userbox {{User loves OpenRefine}} on their Wikidata/Meta user page, to notify them of a new release or something like that. Maybe it's worth doing that again to point them to that page?

In T291238#7361916, @Pintoch wrote:

In the past I manually went through the list of people who had the userbox {{User loves OpenRefine}} on their Wikidata/Meta user page, to notify them of a new release or something like that. Maybe it's worth doing that again to point them to that page?

Really good one. I do plan to do one manual alert to a lot of folks at once (basically saying 'hey we are doing this cool new thing and you should sign up').

Spinster triaged this task as Medium priority.Sep 18 2021, 9:57 AM

Spinster set Due Date to Sep 21 2021, 10:00 PM.

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I've alerted many people on their talk pages and added a notice to the Wikidata Weekly Summary. I'll continue advertising this, but I think this task can now be closed as the ball is rolling: the signup page is filling up!

100 people on Wikidata love OpenRefine, so much love there! I'll do some cherry-picking on that list.

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