Re: [Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

2012-12-02 Thread Florence Devouard
On 12/3/12 4:29 AM, Steven Walling wrote: On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Mono wrote: They are now expanded by default Not //quite// the case, actually. So far as I can see, the banners slide open when you mouse over them, but stay closed by default. I think it's kind of bad tactic, sinc

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

2012-12-02 Thread Keegan Peterzell
On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Mono wrote: > The facts banners started out being clean and nice. They are now expanded > by default, bright yellow, full of text, and really quite annoying. Let's rephrase this as a question for the fundraising team: I think that the banners bothering the reader

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

2012-12-02 Thread Steven Walling
On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Mono wrote: > They are now expanded > by default > Not //quite// the case, actually. So far as I can see, the banners slide open when you mouse over them, but stay closed by default. I think it's kind of bad tactic, since it defies user expectations that actions

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

2012-12-02 Thread Samuel Klein
I liked the 'clean, nice' versions a lot. On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Mono wrote: > The facts banners started out being clean and nice. They are now expanded > by default, bright yellow, full of text, and really quite annoying. > ___ > Wikimedia-l

[Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

2012-12-02 Thread Mono
The facts banners started out being clean and nice. They are now expanded by default, bright yellow, full of text, and really quite annoying. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/lis

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 105, Issue 1

2012-12-02 Thread Sue Gardner
Hi Pine, We haven't articulated specific and measurable benefits: that's why you haven't gotten an answer to your question. That's because the Narrowing Focus exercise is not a one-off immediate-term event: it's a longer-term decision which will have multiple implications in this year and in futur

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 105, Issue 1

2012-12-02 Thread ENWP Pine
Tilman, Thanks, I always like reading these reports. Again, I'd like to ask what specific and measurable benefits the "changing focus" changes will accomplish. I've been asking this for awhile. Thanks, Pine > Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:55:37 -0800 > From: Tilman Bayer > To: wikimediaannounc.

[Wikimedia-l] New Board of Wikimedia Hungary

2012-12-02 Thread Bence Damokos
Hi all, I just wanted to give you a short update on Wikimedia Hungary. Yesterday we held an AGM followed by an open wikimeetup in Budapest. At the AGM a new board was elected: * Péter Gervai, (User:grin), president (reelected) * Mrs. Tamás Harza (User:Replicarter), vicepresident-treasurer (reelec

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Russian Wikipedia goes on strike

2012-12-02 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
Today, the outgoing Arbitration Committee of Russian Wikipedia finally decided that the decision to go on strike was too hasty, and the community consensus was not established. One of the organizers of the "poll" on the strike, as well as the admin who technically switched the access off, were

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Re: Wikimedia/mapping event in Europe early next year?

2012-12-02 Thread Quim Gil
Original Message Subject: Re: Wikimedia/mapping event in Europe early next year? Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:32:46 -0800 From: Quim Gil To: map...@lists.wikimedia.org CC: Andy Mabbett Hi, On 12/02/2012 12:03 AM, Andy Mabbett wrote: I would suggest piggy-backing this on OSM'

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia/mapping event in Europe early next year?

2012-12-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Nov 30, 2012 5:00 PM, "Tom Morris" wrote: > > On Friday, 30 November 2012 at 11:41, Richard Symonds wrote: > > I think WMUK might be able to host something, (possibly) - especially if > > Tom Morris is around to help! > > > Seriously though, London would be a good place to have a Wikimedia map

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: Wikimedia/mapping event in Europe early next year?

2012-12-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
I would suggest piggy-backing this on OSM's annual State of the Map' event. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On Nov 28, 2012 2:49 AM, "Erik Moeller" wrote: > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Erik Moeller > Date: Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:49 PM > Subject: W