[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 10, Issue 47 -- 03 December 2014

Featured content: ABCD: Any Body Can Dance! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-12-03/Featured_content In the media: Embroidery and cheese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-12-03/In_the_media Op-ed: Who edits health-related content on Wikipe

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

Hi all. Not doing propaganda is in the core of Wikimedia mission. I am not hurt by how big the banner is. I am hurt by its bias, bias of two types — lack of neutrality, and bias by lack of detail. I believe that the WMF should make the banner more informative and more neutral (including explana

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF November 2014 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Thursday, December 4, 19:00 UTC

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Asaf Bartov wrote: > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:23 PM, C. Scott Ananian > > > Will investment in the Content Translation > > tool affect the balance between enwiki and local wiki pageviews going > > forward? > > > > That would be one long-term effect to watch for, I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Gendergap-I] Re: Fundraising banners (again)

On 14-12-06 04:44 AM, K. Peachey wrote: The view at 3200x1800http://i.imgur.com/IY28Tmp.png ... yes? Your point is? Clearly the banner was constructed to occupy the width of the window, and it's height will be proportional to that (taking into account font metrics). I'm no fan of the curr

Re: [Wikimedia-l] To donate or not

A similar line from the UK's Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/citydiary/11276717/Dashwood-Ladbrokes-on-the-inside-track-for-bookies-next-CEO.html Quote: Dashwood was confused to see a large banner ad flashing up on *the Wikipedia homepage *

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

Phoebe, you said, "... in our meeting the board discussed whether we should try to raise more money now to build our long-term reserves (which I personally think is wise, given current trends)." Phoebe and Samuel, I would be very concerned if your foundation created an endowment fund to ensure its

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

On 6 December 2014 at 20:47, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Whining about effective fundraising is just that.. Please help us with > approaches that bring in the additional money to do even more in stead. > Thanks, > GerardM > Oh, I don't know, maybe have smaller ads which don't cover up whole s

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

Hoi, I am really pleased that we have continuously enough money to do what needs to be done. I am really pleased that the Dutch can deduct their gifts from the tax man. As far as I know (from the moment this was arranged), it is possible to have a European status for the WMF as well. Now that is an

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

It could be worse. Internet archive is running their banners at moment. Quote: "Internet Archive is a non-profit. We don’t run ads, but still need to pay for servers and staff. If everyone reading this gave $75, we could end our fundraiser right now. For the cost of buying a book, you can make a b

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Gendergap-I] Re: Fundraising banners (again)

The view at 3200x1800 http://i.imgur.com/IY28Tmp.png On 6 December 2014 at 17:59, Ryan Kaldari wrote: > Why would you need an "IT team" to track the A/B testing? 100% of the code > for the banners and banner delivery is publicly accessible and there is a > detailed automatically-generated log of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Gendergap-I] Re: Fundraising banners (again)

Why would you need an "IT team" to track the A/B testing? 100% of the code for the banners and banner delivery is publicly accessible and there is a detailed automatically-generated log of all changes to fundraising banners and campaigns (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralNoticeLogs).