Often I surf Wikipedia without being logged in, and so I did right now. I
got the usual banners, but this time they popped up repeatedly in several
locations. This quickly gets extremely annoying, and I find it unwise.
Create one banner, and stick with that. Several banners are simply way over
the
Countless editors, myself included, have complained about this over the years.
Regarding the WMF's response, actions speak louder than words.
On May 4, 2020, at 7:55 AM, John Erling Blad wrote:
> Often I surf Wikipedia without being logged in, and so I did right now. I
> got the usual ba
I know this might sound crazy, but have you considered logging in?
On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 10:56 AM John Erling Blad wrote:
> Often I surf Wikipedia without being logged in, and so I did right now. I
> got the usual banners, but this time they popped up repeatedly in several
> locations. This qui
We should create a rule that state that each discussion on wikimedia-l
will end with "it's the fault of WMF!" ;)
The problem of viewing
several banners at the same time happens because some community members
still use Sitenotice. I think that it's a bad idea and that they should
only use Centralno
Hi John, thank you for the feedback.
The banners you see are continually changing, as we refine our designs
based on feedback and efficacy. Donation banners are inherently disruptive,
on any site. We try to minimize the annoyance whilst also maximizing the
effectiveness in order to show as few ban
>
> If you're browsing in a private-window, this means the browser cannot
> remember (save in a cookie) that you clicked "close" or saw the banner
> already, hence you might be seeing more banners than most readers would.
>
Worth mentioning each time it comes up:
This seems like an instance of whe