Kaya Aron
The software engineers are decent and many of them also have a Wikimedia
contribution background giving them the knowledge to benefit all the
projects, they are also spread across the globe making sure there is
someone available at all times to keep on top of any system issue should
Let's try kicking this perennial thead again.
This morning (5 Dec 2020) I paused cooling my porridge when looking up
how Wikipedia describes 'Latinx' usage on my cellular, I was faced
with a *2 page* advert.
* The advert meant nothing of the article could be seen, not even the
title, without
Hey all,
To avoid burying the lead, the feedback is appreciated and we do listen
whenever feedback is raised. I've just been coordinating with the team, and
we've rolled back this change.
For some background, the emojis in this messaging were a recent addition
earlier this week. Emojis have
Hey Michel,
There are some other points that Fae raised particularly around user
experience and technical implementation that are distinctly more complex
tasks and we are going to need to discuss and plan our testing to work on
them, and the team is at very limited capacity on a Saturday. (I
I opened a browser I’m not logged in on to see what these ads were.
Here is the text, unedited, of the second ad I was shown (after closing the
first):
“Hi reader . Sorry for the interruption, but this Saturday Wikipedia
really needs your help. This is the 3rd appeal we've shown you. 98% of our
tend to agree there should be a mobile friendly version, the article should
be visible at the same time. What wording is used it definitely should not
have religious actions or symbology in it... the other emojis do seem
childish
On Sat, 5 Dec 2020 at 21:58, Chris Gates via Wikimedia-l <
Apart from the usual suspects [ a. I think whether a certain emoji is
religious is not a grave problem; b. civil society orgs survive on
donations and fundraising is important; c. as a movement we can't probably
ever have everyone agreeing on everything but pushing fundraising messages
that brings
I don't quite think the emoji were the only thing people hated about this.
On Sat, 5 Dec 2020 at 17:09, Joseph Seddon wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> To avoid burying the lead, the feedback is appreciated and we do listen
> whenever feedback is raised. I've just been coordinating with the team, and
>
Hey Seddon,
Thank you for reading and considering the feedback provided. I'd like to
add one more perspective to the picture:
IIRC in recent years the amount of donations was constantly increasing
year-by-year and it's now far more than what's necessary to cover
operational expenses of the WMF.
Dear all,
In the context of this discussion, I think it might be appropriate to
share the following. A few days ago I had a brief conversation with a
(non-Wikipedian) user on social media regarding a fundraising banner
they were seeing. In their case they had an additional concern with the
Hi Seddon,
Thanks for removing the emojis; without them, the banner is infinitely more
professional.
Regards,
Vermont
On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 11:09 Joseph Seddon wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> To avoid burying the lead, the feedback is appreciated and we do listen
> whenever feedback is raised. I've
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