It works and isn't terribly invasive, and realistically financial difficulty
will find sympathy right now. I think it's brilliant.
-Original Message-
From: Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org
Subj: Re: [Foundation-l] Jimmy Wales donation appeal
Date: Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:00 pm
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On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Within the last 24 hours, we've raised a total of $283,859. That's
more than 10 times as much as we made during a typical weekday in the
last few days of the fundraiser, and the single highest day on record
for community
2008/12/24 Robert Rohde raro...@gmail.com:
So, if not visibility, then what is really going on. In my opinion,
if you want someone to read something, personalizing it is a very good
idea. I think describing it as a personal message and putting a face
to it, provides engagement and gets
Up to now, I kinda liked the fundraiser. Although they are very shouty for
what I'm used to (I dislike the red button for instance and the somewhat
agressive tone), I think this last change in message could use a *little*
step back. Please use a slightly smaller font, an slightly less shouty text.
2008/12/23 effe iets anders effeietsand...@gmail.com:
As said, a slightly smaller font, and a grey color could do miracles here.
Also, note that on IE7 in 1024x768, the banner (on Commons, at least)
looks terrible -- the last line (Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales) goes
under the banner border, so
2008/12/23 Petr Kadlec petr.kad...@gmail.com
2008/12/23 effe iets anders effeietsand...@gmail.com:
As said, a slightly smaller font, and a grey color could do miracles
here.
Also, note that on IE7 in 1024x768, the banner (on Commons, at least)
looks terrible -- the last line (Wikipedia
Aside from concerns about loudness and size in the banner, the message
itself has been very successful:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
-Robert Rohde
PS. At screen widths that are not all that small, it appears the
collapse button is forcing the Please Read:
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 4:48 AM, Robert Rohde raro...@gmail.com wrote:
PS. At screen widths that are not all that small, it appears the
collapse button is forcing the Please Read: unit down a line so
the last line is hanging outside the box.
I should say, that's on IE. Firefox doesn't seem
This is really impressive - such a rise in donations just because of a clear
and personal approach! Can't we make more like this, personal testimonials
and calls by Wikimedians but also non-Wikimedians sympathizing with us?
Ziko
2008/12/23 Robert Rohde raro...@gmail.com
Aside from concerns
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:
2008/12/23 effe iets anders effeietsand...@gmail.com:
Up to now, I kinda liked the fundraiser. Although they are very shouty for
what I'm used to (I dislike the red button for instance and the somewhat
agressive tone), I
2008/12/23 Delirium delir...@hackish.org:
Worriers about the perennial suggestions to put advertising somewhere on
the site(s) might also like what appears to be the closest to a no-ads
pledge I've seen so far: Like a national park or a school, we don't
believe advertising should have a place
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:12 PM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote:
2008/12/23 Robert Rohde raro...@gmail.com:
Looks like the new appeal is working well.
We seem to be on pace to have the best single day of this fund drive.
-Robert Rohde
Not sure. Still getting complaints among others
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Casey Brown cbrown1023...@gmail.comwrote:
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Chad innocentkil...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:12 PM, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote:
2008/12/23 Robert Rohde raro...@gmail.com:
Looks like the new appeal is working
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Dan Collins en.wp.s...@gmail.com wrote:
Wait. Is donating supposed to make the banner go away?
Because it didn't...
No, there's a gadget and a collapse (only makes it smaller) button for that.
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Casey Brown
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On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Casey Brown cbrown1023...@gmail.com wrote:
Some pretty nice comments mixed in there. ;-) They also do a good job
explaining why we need money.
[Jay: interesting to look at, might be nice to use some like their
comments in the future]
Some of it is just
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