On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Ken Arromdee <[email protected]> wrote:
> Four *separate* incidents where users mistook the fundraising banner ad for > an illustration that is part of the article. > > As is usual for lousy user interfaces, a lot of us are probably going to > blame this on the user being too stupid to read the page properly, Would you like to propose a significant mid-campaign change to the fundraiser to help the 0.000x% of visitors we're causing bafflement? As for lousy user interfaces, advertising banners frequently go at the top of pages. That is how they roll. This tiny, merry band of visitors are saying "I know Wikipedia doesn't carry advertising, so I will always conclude that Wikipedia pages contain nothing but the content I'm looking for: yes, even right at the top of the screen in the space other sites put up for sale". We should take their confusion as a compliment. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
