I presume you are raising this point now in because of the recent global banner referring people to the "March 11 Update" on Strategy Wiki signed by Sue - http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/March_2011_Update Unless I'm mistaken that banner was *only* displayed to logged-in editors however this RfC does not differentiate between banners that are only shown to either logged-in or anonymous users. As a result I do not think that this RfC which you started last August is an adequate representation of the consensus of Wikimedians towards this particular banner (if that is indeed the reason why you to raise this issue now).
Certainly, as time goes on there is an increasing need for guidelines about *who* is allowed to use *what kind* of banners, for *what purpose*, *when*and displayed to *whom*. This discussion could also include elements of: banners on watchlists; frequency (e.g. "only 1 in every 1,000 hits"); logged-in/anon/everyone; which projects/languages; Chapters/WMF originated; geolocation (and to what level of precision); what category of thing it's promoting (fundraising, IRL event, election); etc. So, whilst I agree that guidelines on the use of banners would be good to put in place somehow, it is too simplistic to have a RfC that merely says, "Global banners should only be used for the annual Wikimedia fundraiser. They should not be used during other times throughout the year for Wikimedia hiring or strategic planning or other similar non-fundraising-related reasons." -Liam wittylama.com/blog Peace, love & metadata On 14 March 2011 04:25, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote: > A discussion was started some time ago to discuss when it's appropriate to > use global banners. There was fairly clear consensus from the people who > chose to participate, in my view. Does this need wider discussion before > being adopted or can it be put into place now? > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Global_banners > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
