[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising testing

Hey all, Just a heads up. Through the summer the WMF fundraising team will be running system and content tests in preparation for the end of year fundraiser on the English Wikipedia. The first test is scheduled for 1500 UTC Wednesday 8 July. * If you need to report a bug or technical issue,

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising

Is superexponential fundraising really in the minority? Why do we always treat December like "don't ask for as much as they would give if you were to ask as much as you said you were going to. Best regards, Jim ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update

Hey All! Many of you know that the Wikimedia Endowment < https://wikimediaendowment.org/> was launched in 2016. The purpose of the Endowment is to act as a permanent safekeeping fund to generate income to ensure a base level of support for the Wikimedia projects in perpetuity. When the Endowment

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising needs your help

As is my custom, I have answered the call for fundraising message; this time with 14 alternatives to the $3 cup of coffee: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising%2F2019-20_Fundraising_ideas#Story_suggestion_3 I am confident this approach will leave all future fundraisers in the dust. I hope

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising needs your help

Just yesterday a donor (who is also a colleague) was very happy to learn that her donation was used to cover expenses for people she knew (in that case: me). I believe the people behind the project is something we should put forward more. On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 2:34 AM Damon Sicore wrote: > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising needs your help

 > On Nov 27, 2019, at 4:08 PM, Joseph Seddon wrote: > > --- What’s your favorite thing about Wikipedia that you wish our readers > and donors knew? --- That Jimmy Wales and WMF sold the rights to the Wikipedia trademark to Apple for $40k back in the early 2000s, and that Apple has the right

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising needs your help

Sorry two more things: - We don't collect user's data like a monster, we never sell them to anyone, we even avoid outsourcing our infra (like CDNs) to protect our users' privacy. Something that is none of top websites do. None. - Related to the reason above, CO2 emission of our datacenters is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising needs your help

On the great things: - There are so many forms of volunteer contribution, you don't need to be an expert to be able to contribute to English Wikipedia (how can I contribute, everything is there already). You can fight vandalism, you can take pictures, you can write code, you can help other

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising needs your help

Bonjour et merci du message J'aimerais vivement que les pays du sud ont plus de moyens financiers pour réaliser des projets concrètement. Le financement des concours baisse, mais la couverture des objectifs de ces concours reste quasiment incomplet en Afrique. Exemple Wiki Loves Monuments, en

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising needs your help

Hey all, (reposting due to filter rejection) Fundraising are looking for ideas and suggestions for our writing team to explore for our messaging in this years fundraiser. I only need a minute of your time to answer the following question: --- What’s your favorite thing about Wikipedia that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising: Pre-launch Update

Hey all! Just an update! The main campaign has been running for a little under two weeks and so far things are ticking over nicely! ===Procedural notes=== Banners limited: As has been standard practice we are limiting the number of times a reader will see a banner within a single browser if

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising: Pre-launch Update

Hey Everyone, I wanted to send a quick reminder that on Tuesday, 27th November, at 16:00 UTC, we will launch our mobile and banner campaigns. We expect to run the fundraising campaign on English Wikipedia in 6 countries: USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. You may notice some

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - October 2018

Hey All The end of the year is extremely productive, rewarding and very busy for the Wikimedia Fundraising team with fundraising occurring in 14 countries and 4 languages. Just a quick update on our fundraising activities. ===Online Fundraising=== - We were originally scheduled to run a

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising - End Week Update

==REALLY IMPORTANT ASK== Before updating you on our first week. I have and ask We need your help. We've had some really close results with some of our best messages in banners recently. Rather than the fundraising team making the decision what to do, we would like the community to help us

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - English Wikipedia Fundraising

Hey all! Just a quick update and heads up on our upcoming fundraising activities. This quarter marks an exciting time for the Wikimedia Foundation Fundraising team as we run our English fundraiser, the largest campaign of the year. As with previous years, that means running banners on English

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising pilot on Facebook

Hi all, I've received a bunch of great questions both on and off list. I'm really happy to see how interested people are in this pilot. It is a new experiment for us, too, and I hope the learnings will be beneficial to all. I just wanted to send a quick note of acknowledgment because it's getting

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising pilot on Facebook

Thanks Sam! Very interesting to see the WMF dip its toe into the water of off-Wikipedia fundraising for small gifts for the first time. :) Out of interest are you planning to use Facebook's custom audiences tool to include (or possibly exclude) people who are already WMF donors? (And, more of a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising pilot on Facebook

Thanks Sam Interesting experiment. Can you provide versions of the fundraiser notifications so people can provide feedback? Best James On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 1:57 PM, Samuel Patton wrote: > Hi, John. Thanks for taking the time to share your questions, and I'm happy >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising pilot on Facebook

Hi, John. Thanks for taking the time to share your questions, and I'm happy to answer them. I've included your original questions and my answers inline: *Does this involve paying Facebook and Instagram? If so, how much is being allocated that part of this pilot?* Yes; we’ll pay a cost per click,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising pilot on Facebook

Hi Sam, Does this involve paying Facebook and Instagram? If so, how much is being allocated that part of this pilot? IIRC, at least Facebook has a separate program for non-profits, but they didnt offer ads for non-profits at reduced rates as part of that program. What targets have been set to

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising pilot on Facebook

Hi everyone, I'm writing to let you know about a project we're trying on the Foundation's fundraising team. Thanks to all the help and advice we've received from our colleagues in Communications, Legal, and Community Engagement. *I've posted this announcement as an update on Fundraising's Meta

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising - Social Media Update

Seddon, Katherine, I am sure the fundraising team has done excellent work. And the public have been very generous – the Wikimedia Foundation's annual revenue has hit a new record every year throughout its existence, rising from humble beginnings in 2003/2004 to $15 million by 2009/2010 and to $82

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising - Social Media Update

The Social Media team have been providing fantastic support of the English online fundraiser and we wanted to provide a quick update dedicated to that work. There were some cool images to go with but unfortunately our wikimedia-l mailman is dull and boring so here is a summary of their efforts: *

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Big English Fundraiser

Also, > Speaking for myself, I would hesitate to devote an hour or similar of my > time to a feedback session run by the WMF. Partly, because I would want to > be compensated for that time; Looking at this list and many many other fora there is scarcely a shortage of free advice from

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Big English Fundraiser

why arent these types of session included in events like Wikimedia Conference and Wikimania where there is the capacity personal engagement with individuals and or groups of people On 2 December 2016 at 18:56, Chris Keating wrote: > On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 2:51 AM,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Big English Fundraiser

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 2:51 AM, Pete Forsyth wrote: > > > However, I think I may not have been clear enough about what I was > suggesting. (And I should note, I understand this is an unusual kind of > approach, that might not feel very "wiki-like" to many in our community;

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Big English Fundraiser

I think I better understand at where you are coming from. One of the difficulties of the role stems from the particularly brutal nature of A/B testing. I don't mean that inasmuch as the decisions based on them them can be without care or thought (and I assure you, in the case of fundraising they

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Big English Fundraiser

Joseph, Thank you for the timely and thorough response -- good info in there, and I'm especially gratified to know that Lodewijk's op-ed has sparked some worthwhile discussion. However, I think I may not have been clear enough about what I was suggesting. (And I should note, I understand this is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Big English Fundraiser

So we have definitely worked with market research companies, mostly to help us get a better understanding of our audience rather than directly sourcing design input. We worked with Lake Research Partners [1], on our English Reader Survey in 2014-15 [2] and our Japan Reader Survey in 2015-2016 [3].

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Big English Fundraiser

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Joseph Seddon wrote: > > Finally we didn't get any interest in our fundraising feedback and design > sessions last week and the week before so they were put on hold, however if > there are individuals who are interested in taking part in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Big English Fundraiser

Hey all! I wanted to send a quick reminder that our English language fundraiser is launching tomorrow afternoon (29th Nov, ~1300-1500 UTC). A few other reminders: * Have an idea? Leave it here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising /2016-17_Fundraising_ideas * Want to see the current

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Big English Fundraiser

Joseph Seddon wrote: >So firstly you can see all of our standard banners here [1]. Those links >will always contain our most current control banner designs and the >control text will be updated regularly through the English campaigns. We >are working to limit the number of banners each reader sees

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Big English Fundraiser

Hey MZ, So firstly you can see all of our standard banners here [1]. Those links will always contain our most current control banner designs and the control text will be updated regularly through the English campaigns. We are working to limit the number of banners each reader sees and it is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Japan - Focus Group and Survey Findings

Thanks for sharing the update, Seddon. It indeed contains a wealth of information on readers from Japan. Could you please expand on this: > We found a more urgent, direct translation was perceived as better than a > more natural translation. I have just skimmed it, so I might have missed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Japan - Focus Group and Survey Findings

Hey Christof, Not currently but I'll see if we have those to hand and can get them up. Seddon On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Christof Pins wrote: > Hello Seddon, > > Very insightful! Are the research instruments of this project > (questionnaire, focus group

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Japan - Focus Group and Survey Findings

Hello Seddon, Very insightful! Are the research instruments of this project (questionnaire, focus group guidelines used) freely accessible somewhere on Meta or Commons? Cheers, Christof 2016-08-31 10:29 GMT+02:00 Michael Jahn : > Thanks a lot for sharing, Seddon! >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Japan - Focus Group and Survey Findings

Thanks a lot for sharing, Seddon! Michael 2016-08-30 17:11 GMT+02:00 Joseph Seddon : > Hello wikimedia-l! > > Back in February of 2015, the fundraising team engaged Lake Research > Partners (LRP) to conduct a detailed survey of English language Wikimedia > readers >

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update - Japan - Focus Group and Survey Findings

Hello wikimedia-l! Back in February of 2015, the fundraising team engaged Lake Research Partners (LRP) to conduct a detailed survey of English language Wikimedia readers . As we look to continue

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing - High Traffic Experiment #2 - 4th July (USA)

Wikimedia-l! Last month you'll remember I told you about an experiment where we used related banner content for fundraising, an idea suggest by User:Wittylama [1], and in that case taking the pop culture line with Game of Thrones. [2] Unfortunately the content specific large banner saw a drop in

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

Ilario, I will look into this with fundraising tech and get back to you. Seddon On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Ilario Valdelli wrote: > Hi Joseph, > I think that the banner could be useful to test some problems I see when > there is a switch of context. > > I live near

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

Hi Joseph, I think that the banner could be useful to test some problems I see when there is a switch of context. I live near the border Italy-Switzerland and I see several discrepancies when I connect in Italy and in Switzerland. Basically I continue to see banners of Switzerland when I connect

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

Message- > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On > Behalf Of Michael Peel > Sent: Monday, 09 May 2016 8:33 PM > To: Wikimedia Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - > Hopefully the first of Many

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

Message- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Michael Peel Sent: Monday, 09 May 2016 8:33 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many > On 9 May 2016, at 18

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

In Switzerland is not expensive... Il 09 Mag 2016 20:33, "Michael Peel" ha scritto: > > > On 9 May 2016, at 18:36, Béria Lima wrote: > > > > My 2 cents :D > > > > 1. I can't see the banner (not using the link posted or going by > > CentralNotice) Could

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

> On 9 May 2016, at 18:36, Béria Lima wrote: > > My 2 cents :D > > 1. I can't see the banner (not using the link posted or going by > CentralNotice) Could someone who can see it take a print please? :D Here's a screenshot as it appears on my computer:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

My 2 cents :D 1. I can't see the banner (not using the link posted or going by CentralNotice) Could someone who can see it take a print please? :D 2. Since is related to GoT, shouldn't the pages for the books, series and author (of the books) be included? Best regards, _ *​Béria L​. de

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

Good, thanks Seddon and Wittylama. Pine ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

Hey Pine. So in this instance we sought advice from both Legal and Communications about some of the ideas that we were proposing and from their feedback we took the banner in the more conservative direction to give us clear ground between us and any potential intellectual property issues however

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

Thanks for the mention Seddon & Anna, tl;dr version: This is a test to see if readers are more likely to donate if the banner is more relevant to what they're reading. Thanks for testing this community-suggested fundraising idea - sign of a new era regardless of the results of the test! As some

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

Great messaging, btw! I had a good laugh reading the banner headline. Curious to hear about your experience. Michael 2016-05-06 18:34 GMT+02:00 Joseph Seddon : > Greetings all, > > I wanted to give you a heads up about a small test WMF Online Fundraising > will be running

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

A good idea, User:Wittylama. I'm happy to see this type of collaboration. Thanks for the heads up, Seddon. Interested to see what we will discover. Warmly, /a On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 3:21 PM, Pine W wrote: > Niel, I saw, but the fact that WMF is targeting specific articles

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

Niel, I saw, but the fact that WMF is targeting specific articles about proprietary-IP-heavy subjects with a plea for revenue that is closely aligned to the proprietary IP makes me wonder if there is enough of a nexus that a trademark license is required. WMF is trying to leverage proprietary IP

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

Hi Seddon, I'm curious. Are the banners designed in a way such that it will be necessary for WMF to obtain trademark licenses from others, such as from the Game of Thrones trademark owners? Pine On May 6, 2016 09:34, "Joseph Seddon" wrote: > Greetings all, > > I wanted

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Testing Update (Friday 6th May) - Hopefully the first of Many

Greetings all, I wanted to give you a heads up about a small test WMF Online Fundraising will be running over this weekend. Following a suggestion from User:Wittylama we are for the first time going to be testing fundraiser banners that are content specific. [1] From now until Monday 9th May we

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

+1 On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Pine W wrote: > I like the new mini banner: "Find what you're looking for? Keep Wikipedia > thriving." (: > > Pine > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

I like the new mini banner: "Find what you're looking for? Keep Wikipedia thriving." (: Pine ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising is about the work we have not done

Hoi, In an article of the Washington Post some Wikipedians have expressed their opion about the fundraising of the WMF. I found it because a self professed Wikipedia expert was one of the people who was interviewed and he found it so important that he blogged about it as well. In my opinion, Mr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

(resending to thread with subject line, apologies if this comes through twice!) Hi all, just wanted to weigh in on a few things brought up in this and the other threads. * The coffee cup stock image was a mistake and miscommunication with a contractor. IANAL but my understanding is that they had

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

Article in the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/12/02/wikipedia-has-a-ton-of-money-so-why-is-it-begging-you-to-donate-yours/ ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

TL;DR - we've reached "peak banner", how do we change the fundraising model to be about working smarter, not just pushing harder. This needs to be part of a broader process that involves strategic planning transparency, endowment discussions, editor-recruitment, etc. Not just about fullscreen

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

One feedback I got today is to not display the banner any more if the person donated. On Dec 3, 2015 16:37, "Liam Wyatt" wrote: > TL;DR - we've reached "peak banner", how do we change the fundraising > model to be about working smarter, not just pushing harder. This needs >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

Buying a photo, when we have ready access to massive amounts of freely usable content, would be quite unacceptable and a misuse of funds, no matter the amount of the funds. I hope someone can actually clarify what happened here. Also, the banner pops up, comes down, and covers most of the page.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

+1 A missed opportunity to celebrate one of our volunteer photographers, especially considering the competitions that have included photographs of food in the last year. Shame to fall back on stock photos and commercial pro-photographers when we have our own massive project to provide this as a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Todd Allen wrote: > Also, the banner pops up, comes down, and covers most of the page. That's > really not acceptable. Wikimedia should follow acceptable ad practices, > which means a small and STATIC banner, not something that moves, shouts,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

That's nice. Do you want me to explicitly say "Volunteers are more important than readers"? Alright. Volunteers (community members, or dismissively, "power users") are way more important than readers. We're the reason there are readers at all. On Dec 2, 2015 9:20 AM, "Andreas Kolbe"

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

In light of this recent conversation I found this quote to be of interest. "Wikipedia readers tend not to be bothered by the fundraising messages they see on Wikipedia. Two-thirds (67%) say they don’t mind them, and a majority (55%) say they are not annoyed by these messages. Roughly equal shares

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

Trillium, in the "administrative set", I think you'll find that almost all of us produced content prior to our involvement in organizational matters. Those of us who have formal roles wouldn't be trusted with keys to the kingdom if we lacked track records of positive contributions to the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

Hoi, It is because of the readers that the work the volunteers do has a purpose. Volunteers are typically intrinsically motivated but their motivation is not necessarily focused on others. Some people are more focussed on themselves. That is ok as it takes all sorts. The question who is more

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

Hi Chris- A quick clarification on the invert numbers you mentioned. These results are on slide 27. Here they are: "I don't mind when I see fundraising messages on Wikipedia." 67% agree, 20% disagree, 12% had no opinion "I am not annoyed when I see fundraising messages on Wikipedia." 55%

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

Yes, I also thought that was interesting. To invert the presentation of the statistics, 33% of users did mind the banners and 45% were irritated by them. These are actually quite high numbers in my view. (Not to say that the decision to proceed with these banners is wrong, which is a much more

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

Ah yes, I see - my fault for skim-reading the summary rather than paying attention to the tables. Thanks for pointing that out. Chris On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Lisa Gruwell wrote: > Hi Chris- > > A quick clarification on the invert numbers you mentioned. These

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

Thanks Lisa. More directly on the topic of fundraising banners, I appreciate that the wording has been tweaked this year to address the major integrity concerns. I can appreciate that fundraising is necessary for Wikipedia. It would be nice to disrupt the user experience as little as possible, so

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

I thought this might be a good point in the conversation to share some of the comments we have received from donors over the past day and a half. I think they really appreciate all of your work: Wikipedia has provided an unfathomable outlet for the inexhaustible chorus of "why? why? why?" that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

Lisa, I was just about to say that I like the new banner. It's a pleasant surprise. Who designed the lightbulb? I like how it's cohesive with the theme of "Keep Wikipedia Growing", and the lightbulb works well with the "light of knowledge" concept of an encyclopedia. Pine On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

Hi Pine- We are definitely trying to disrupt the user experience as little as possible, while still reaching the fundraising target. It is a bit of a balancing act. We have looked into the issue of the size of the banner some. Of course, A/B tests show the larger banners raise more donations,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

On 3 Dec 2015 10:25 am, "Craig Franklin" wrote: > > On 2 December 2015 at 16:37, MZMcBride wrote: > > > Sadly, other sites can be more obnoxious. Some sites have interstitial > > advertisements that include auto-playing video. The Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 11:25 PM, Craig Franklin wrote: > Although I have been pleasantly surprised at the content (if not the size) > of the ads so far this year. > Yes, a significant improvement over past years. Thank you. Andreas

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

On 2 December 2015 at 16:37, MZMcBride wrote: > Sadly, other sites can be more obnoxious. Some sites have interstitial > advertisements that include auto-playing video. The Wikimedia Foundation > has not yet sunk to that yet. > [[WP:BEANS]] comes to mind, don't say that too

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

No, I was referring to the lack of misleading scare messages; the current one is a little wishy-washy for my taste but at least it's not implying that the Foundation is in grave financial danger. Obviously the use of what might be paid stock art where there is plenty of free alternatives

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

"Community" is a loaded term, because it is typically self-praisingly used by a relatively small number of administratively-oriented Wikipedians to describe themselves. It's basically WP:AN/ANI, Arbcom & associated access level seekers, and those who use Wikipedia as a social or socializing

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

I would assume you are also going to provide some input some comment into the discussion other than just dumping a pile of quotes in here? On 3 December 2015 at 07:06, Lisa Gruwell wrote: > I thought this might be a good point in the conversation to share some of > the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again) http://i.imgur.com/SbfrTxi.png I know I'm just pissing in the wind, but this is not OK. (That's a maximized browser on an 1366x768 display.) wctaiwan ___ Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

for the plea you can't ignore. Erik Zachte -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of wctaiwan Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 0:44 To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again) http

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

The reply every year is that the banners are keyed for maximum effectiveness, even if they are intrusive, in order to make the overall fundraising drive as short as possible. Fundraising has made small tweaks to various banners, but generally have not been willing to significantly reduce the

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

http://i.imgur.com/SbfrTxi.png I know I'm just pissing in the wind, but this is not OK. (That's a maximized browser on an 1366x768 display.) wctaiwan ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

I might have missed it, but I can't see any attribution for the image… as I doubt it will be a click through to the file page. Which style guide was used for the creation of this ad? ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

Bohdan Melnychuk wrote: >Yeah ad is the word. We claim Wikipedia being ad-less but actually we >are showing people stuff which only in deep sense is different from ads >but looks exactly the same. Or, actually, in this case it looks worse. I >really have a difficulty recalling a site which shows

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banner (again)

Money is clearly more important than the people who do the work, Peter -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Bohdan Melnychuk Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 4:01 AM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update

Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update Hi Peter- Yes, we have mockups of the banners on the Fundraising Ideas <<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2015-16_Fundraising_ideas>> page on meta. We will be making further refinements and possibly adding a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update

f Of Megan Hernandez > Sent: Friday, 20 November 2015 10:07 PM > To: Wikimedia Mailing List > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update > > Hi all, > > > We are just a few weeks away from the launch of the December English > fundraiser. The end of the year is the most

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update

Hi all, We are just a few weeks away from the launch of the December English fundraiser. The end of the year is the most critical time of the year for Wikimedia’s fundraising: The goal this year is $25 million. The campaign will launch in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update

opened firefox this morning, now maybe its because the coffee kicked in earlier today I noticed this for the first time, it reads very much like what I've seen in previous years on Wikipedia banners, I think the fundraising team should be aware of this because it may be a cause behind the messages

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Update

Are these new improved banners available for inspection and comment? Cheers, Peter -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Megan Hernandez Sent: Friday, 20 November 2015 10:07 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: [Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the Netherlands, in Europe

Pinging Lisa about this email. Thanks, Pine On Aug 23, 2015 5:36 AM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: The Wikimedia Foundation is an ANBI registered charity [1]. It means that Dutch people may deduct their gift from their income. In the Netherlands there is much more to tax

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the Netherlands, in Europe

Hi Pine and Gerard, We can investigate our registration options, and I'll discuss with Lisa. If you have a specific registration that you recommend, please send them to me directly. Thanks, Stephen On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: Pinging Lisa about this

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising in the Netherlands, in Europe

The Wikimedia Foundation is an ANBI registered charity [1]. It means that Dutch people may deduct their gift from their income. In the Netherlands there is much more to tax deductibility, making it easier to deduct money for taxes even more and increasing the amount of money that may be had by

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraising campaign update

Hi everyone, We are two weeks into the English fundraising campaign. We've had incredible support from our community of readers these past two weeks and we are thankful to everyone who has contributed so far. We have raised roughly $18 million from 1.6 million readers since we launched the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising campaign update

What a wonderful news, Megan! We will sharing with our social media channels this inspiring quotes. 2014-12-15 18:25 GMT-06:00 Megan Hernandez mhernan...@wikimedia.org: Hi everyone, We are two weeks into the English fundraising campaign. We've had incredible support from our community of

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Thank you for sharing! Emily Blanchard Talent Acquisition Team Wikimedia Foundation eblanchard@wikimedia. eblanch...@gmail.comorg Follow us on Twitter @wikimediaatwork http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home Become a Contributor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse Join Us:

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Megan Hernandez wrote: [...] And thank you for making Wikipedia a treasured resource that people are happy to support :) Quotes from Wikipedia readers: [...] We should do this on all sister projects, ideally. They gotta know the role of WMF in the movement (and a fundraising banner is a

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