I think that is an excellent idea. It would also build readership. So as long as we have the image issue dealt with I would be happy to see the banner go out to everyone.
James Heilman On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm curious what folks here think about making some noise about the > two most recent additions to the Wikimedia family around January or > February. Wikivoyage is still finishing up the beta phase (image > transfers, logo import etc.) this month, and Wikidata isn't live as a > repository yet -- but we could set a target date that would work for > both projects. > > What I'm imagining is an actual banner on Wikimedia projects > announcing the launch of both Wikivoyage and Wikidata, pointing to a > landing page explaining what these projects are, how to participate, > etc. That page could be drafted on Meta. Then interested folks would > visit the projects to learn more and get involved. > > Wikimedia projects obviously have an enormous reach and I think this > could help create awareness and build community -- but it could also > be an unwelcome influx in the early stages. This could be regulated by > running a banner only for logged in users, or x% of readers. > > Thoughts? > > Erik > > -- > Erik Möller > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > > Support Free Knowledge: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > _______________________________________________ > Wikivoyage-l mailing list > wikivoyag...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikivoyage-l > -- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com
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