[Thursday] How often do you leave a trail to New England Wireless & Steam Museum?

[Vbob]

"Anyone can make a Facebook page about anything."

I was afraid of that….  

It does seem the unofficial Museum pages were created by one of ‘us’ or at least a fellow traveler….who would likely co-operate or acquiesce in being folded into the One True Page, if there is an advantage in doing that.
Who handles the official Facebook page? 

I don’t know that I can be much help - but on the other hand I’m on crutches (at best) for 10-12 weeks dealing with a knee fracture….so I’m game to look into what I might do to continue participating in the Museum from my chair….

Vbob

> On Feb 17, 2024, at 8:31 AM, Michael Thompson <michael.99.thompson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Anyone can make a Facebook page about anything. You will sometimes find Facebook pages that are created from information extracted from Google maps.
> 
> There is a process within Facebook for the official entity to take over other non-official pages.
> 
> On Feb 17, 2024, at 7:13 AM, Vbob via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org <mailto:thursday at newsm.org>> wrote:
> 
>> Ken, et al - I just commented on a post by Michael in the Vintage Electronic Test Equipment Facebook group - a bit of gentle snark about finding stuff… - and used Facebook’s ‘automagic match’ to include a link to the Museum Facebook page in my comment - except that it offered three very similar groups - one spelt with an Ampersand, and another with the word AND, and a third I didn’t explore… try as I might I can’t get it to choose the official page - and now I can’t get it to offer all three choices again, but only the two similar unofficial pages…… need more coffee.
>> 
>> A workaround is to paste the URL into a post - but I do like the cleaner feel of the name being a link in the text of a post or comment.
>> 
>> The ‘Ampersand’ Facebook page splashes in with a invitation to the 2023 Car Show, while one of the ‘And’ pages goes to an unofficial but interesting presentation of the Museum. 
>> 
>> https://www.facebook.com/NEWirelessSteamMuseum <https://www.facebook.com/NEWirelessSteamMuseum> seems to be the ‘official’ page and opens with a nice shot of the big engines…
>> 
>> https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20 <https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20>and%20Steam%20Museum/144134172264489 - unofficial page but fairly current
>> https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20 <https://www.facebook.com/pages/New%20England%20Wireless%20>&%20Steam%20Museum/1095731340460661/ - unofficial page but last post from 2016
>> 
>> How did we end up with multiple variously updated pages, and who manages it/them/us?
>> 
>> Can/should we figure out how to have one official page? 
>> 
>> Does any of this make sense? I’m getting lost just thinking about it - and we really REALLY want folks to be able to find the place and be convinced it’s worth a visit.
>> 
>> Vbob
>> 
>>> On Feb 14, 2024, at 5:36 AM, Ken Carr via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org <mailto:thursday at newsm.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Do you frequent speciality groups on Facebook or other social media sites
>>> that you have an interest in?
>>> 
>>> Do yo search out topics such as:
>>> steam engines.           electricity.       DIY.               STEM
>>> trains.                          mechanics.    Machining.     Physics
>>> engineering.                physics.         ham radio.      Antique Radios
>>> Makers.                       History.          wireless.         Restoration 
>>> 
>>> How often do you drop a plug for the museum?
>>> It’s easy to do and if we all make it a habit, even more people
>>> will discover us. A  suggested sample is below:
>>> If you type just the text within the parentheses (omit the parentheses) you will
>>> get the nice photo link you may see below:
>>> “https://newsm.org” <https://newsm.xn--org-9o0a/> 
>>> 
>>> New England Wireless & Steam Museum – A Non-Profit • Public • Educational • Engineering Museum <https://newsm.org/>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> New England Wireless & Steam Museum – A Non-Profit • Public • Educational • Engineering Museum
>>> The New England Wireless and Steam Museum is an electrical and mechanical engineering museum emphasizing the beginnings of radio and steam power.
>>> 
>>>  <https://newsm.org/> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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