(oh, and ps: probably native countries like the US and GB work very differently than non-native English countries. Here participate would definitely resonate much better, and 'snap' would only be confusing. But that is probably stating the obvious)
2013/9/11 Lodewijk <[email protected]> > I think there are two major factors in our image count: > > 1) new participants, people who never edited before. > 2) super uploaders, people with more than 100 images > > The highest contribution to the number of images is 2) by a leap. This is > mostly people with a reservoir of images - primarily in Spain, Poland and > Germany. > > The banner has primarily an influence on 1), which is also important. I > definitely wouldn't mind a change in the banner, but I would suggest to let > that coincide with the drop of Privacy Policy (which was poorly situated - > the original plan was to run it in August). In some other countries, there > are more banners competing even (like in NL, a conference banner with call > for speakers). > > Another way than the wording, is the design. > > I would suggest we continue this 'what is the best banner' discussion on a > talkpage somewhere, to keep it consistent. Romaine, what would be a good > location for that? > > Lodewijk > > > 2013/9/11 Michael Maggs <[email protected]> > >> Both >> >> *"Snap a snapshot for Wikipedia"* and *"It's a snap, Wiki Loves >> Monuments"* >> * >> * >> are the best I have heard so far, and they would work in the UK as well >> as the US. Maybe have them both running at 50% ? >> * >> * >> Michael >> * >> * >> * >> * >> >> On 11 Sep 2013, at 17:41, Peter Ekman wrote: >> >> I too have noticed a drop off in photos submitted in the last few days. >> It's fairly important to determine what caused the drop off if we can. It >> might be something totally outside of our control, e.g. the situation in >> Syria, but might be something like a change in banner display, which we do >> have some control over. Did the drop happen in most countries? We don't >> have full control over all Wikimedia banners - we do have to share the >> space with others, but perhaps they might be willing to delay some of their >> displays if we ask nicely. >> >> I do agree that changing the banner from time-to-time can help. I don't >> agree that a banner of ""Participate in the world's largest >> photo-contest and help Wikipedia," would help any. The imperative verb >> "Participate" is very weak, and is not natural to American English >> speakers. It suggests a high school home economics teacher telling us that >> we have to bring cookies to the annual bake-off. Something more active is >> definitely needed, something along the line (but not exactly) of a high >> school football coach saying "Go out there and kick some butt!" That would >> definitely get some attention as a banner, but not the exact type of >> attention we want. A teaser ad might work however, e.g. "About your photos >> on Wikipedia .... (smaller type) upload them to Wiki Loves Monuments" >> >> "Snap" might be a verb we want to use. It gives an idea of the action >> that we want people to take (snap a snapshot), unlike "participate." So >> perhaps "Snap a historic site, Wiki Loves Monuments" It could wake people >> up. Or maybe "Snap a snapshot for Wikipedia". As a noun "It's a snap, Wiki >> Loves Monuments" >> >> I don't think these ideas are good enough yet for an actual banner, but I >> think that folks should brain-storm this and come up with new ideas. >> Straight informative banners can sound bureaucratic or just boring. >> Different languages or dialects should be considered separately, as >> translations are really tricky, e.g. "It's a snap" might mean something >> entirely different in British English >> >> Pete >> User:Smallbones >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >> > >
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