Thanks a lot! > "(1) there is no message to notify them of the competition result"
You are right; in case the winners of the international contest are known by the time we send out the reminder message, we may as well add a line at the end of the message. So far, we haven't considered this as we expected to send out the survey well before December. Best, Beat > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:wikilovesmonuments- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Donnerstag, 28. November 2013 01:52 > To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition > Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Translation and the thank you message > > It took ~4-5 mins for this short template to be translated into Thai. > > This is the first year for us. I just translate all messages if I can. > > However, I feel that Teele's point is valid. The 1st message is a must. But > how do you prove > the effectiveness of the 2nd? It may add confusion or treated as spam? Try > to put yourself > in the participants' shoes, (1) there is no message to notify them of the > competition result. > (2) Yet, there are two follow-up messages getting into their mailbox after > they are done with > the contest. > > > > On 28 November 2013 04:12, Teele Vaalma <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maybe then it should be the other way around? "Hey, we are reminding > > you to take the survey! In case you have already filled it, carry > > along, thank you!" Or sth. Just my opinion. > > > > > > 2013/11/27 Platonides <[email protected]> > >> > >> On 27/11/13 21:40, Teele Vaalma wrote: > >>> > >>> I am sorry, is this the message to thank a person for filling the > >>> survey or to remind him to fill it? It shouldn't do both, because if > >>> he has already filled it, there is no need to remind. And if he > >>> hasn't filled it, there is no reason to thank him for filling it. > >>> > >>> Or am I silly and missing something? > >> > >> > >> We don't know if they filled it or not, so we send them a message > >> thanking the filling if they did, and "hey, if you are in the 80% > >> which didn't fill out the survey, remember you can still do it". > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Teele Vaalma > > MTÜ Wikimedia Eesti > > [email protected] > > +372 5814 5381 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org
