Brian J Mingus wrote: > I guess nobody cares if you top post or bottom post here, but it does get > confusing when the two are mixed in the same thread.
I care. You shouldn't be top-posting or bottom-posting. Use inline posting: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette Brian J Mingus (also) wrote: > Firstly, this is probably just an experiment to see if it draws more > donations. If it doesn't, they probably won't use the tactic in the future. The issue isn't whether it's a experiment or even whether it's successful. The issue is one of principles. Animated banner ads aren't acceptable. > Second, if WMF doesn't meet the fundraising goal they will have to cut > something from the budget. If it's so very important to you that they not > try advertising techniques that are mildly annoying to some users you should > start by suggesting projects that won't get funded or people that won't get > hired or servers that won't get bought, etc. This is a false dilemma. The money needed to keep Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects running and ad-free for the next year was raised _weeks_ ago. It's against Wikimedia's principles to use obnoxious or misleading ads to raise money in this manner. > Third, adverts are turned off for non-logged in users. Try logging in. As the vast majority of page views are anonymous, this is largely a moot point. Yes, logging in will suppress the banners on an individual level. That doesn't make it acceptable to have bad banners for most of the readership. MZMcBride _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
