The only thing I can say is that FR claims September is the best month, in Italy, for during fundraising. They probably have their data to support this claim, and I personally believe it's true.
The fact there is a conflict with WLM and the consequence of running the banner anyway is a matter of priority (from the WMF, from the larger community). Same as you, I wish we could discuss these things openly and with proper advance. Aubrey On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Nicu Buculei <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/19/15, Andrea Zanni wrote: > > > > This year the conflict is on the whole month of September, and WLM in > Italy > > will definitely suffer (as it does also in normal conditions ;-). > > This is a pity because: > > * FR decided to use September months ago, and they are now in a rush and > > cannot really change their plans > > * WMIT decided to run WLM on September months ago as well, as it has done > > for the past 4 years. WMIT also declared his plans on WLM in the FDC > > appplication, reviewed in May. Knowing also that last year there was the > > same issue, it's fair to say, I hope, that from WMIT part there was no > lack > > of communication. > > Correction: WMIT didn't decide to run WLM on September, they run it in > September because it runs *worldwide* in September. There's no other > time period when it can happen. > In an ideal world, FR would have made the simple check to learn if > there is something else happening in their desired time slot. Even if > WLMIT would not happen this year, the FR banner would hurt WLM, > because people from IT can participate to WLM in different other > countries. > > -- > nicu :: http://photoblog.nicubunu.ro/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >
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