Ilario, I will look into this with fundraising tech and get back to you.
Seddon On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Ilario Valdelli <valde...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Joseph, > I think that the banner could be useful to test some problems I see when > there is a switch of context. > > I live near the border Italy-Switzerland and I see several discrepancies > when I connect in Italy and in Switzerland. > > Basically I continue to see banners of Switzerland when I connect in Italy > and viceversa. > > Probably there is something connected with the cookies or with a > persistence of personal data of browsing. > > In my opinion this experiment can be a good test to check if this problem > is persistent switching the content. > > In addition my question is about the implementation of this kind of banner > because the centralnotice can be set per country, per project and per > language. Do this banner add also the possibility to set it by content? > > Kind regards > > > On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Joseph Seddon <jsed...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > Greetings all, > > > > I wanted to give you a heads up about a small test WMF Online Fundraising > > will be running over this weekend. Following a suggestion from > > User:Wittylama we are for the first time going to be testing fundraiser > > banners that are content specific. [1] > > > > From now until Monday 9th May we will be running an A/B test strictly on > > articles relating to Game of Thrones [2] and only within the United > States. > > The reason being its huge popular appeal and expected spikes of traffic > to > > related articles during the airing of the next episode this Sunday . This > > is the first test of its kind so we are being reasonable in our > > expectations. It's hoped that this sort of specific messaging will allow > us > > to engage with our readership a little better through our fundraising and > > in time provide alternatives to our standard messaging. > > > > The banner we are testing [3] has gone through several iterations and we > > are trying to strike that fine line between engaging with our readers by > > being content specific but at the same time avoiding being seen as > > advertising or overt endorsement. There were certainly some more > > extravagant ideas but we have gone with the more conservative option for > > now. > > > > If you have any ideas you would like to suggest about either our process > or > > banner ideas feel free to contribute on our fundraising ideas page. [4] > > > > It is my plan going forward to provide more regular updates about our > > testing and the results we find from it. What form that takes and where I > > post those I'll decide in the coming weeks and will update you then. > > > > Hope you all have a great weekend. > > > > [1] > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2015-16_Fundraising_ideas#Related_content_banners > > [2] http://pastebin.com/M8AjB1tk > > [3] > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones?force=1&country=US&banner=B1516_0506_enUS_dsk_p1_lg_got_got > > [4] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2015-16_Fundraising_ideas > > > > -- > > Seddon > > > > *Advancement Associate (Community Engagement)* > > *Wikimedia Foundation* > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > Ilario Valdelli > Wikimedia CH > Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens > Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libre > Associazione per il sostegno alla conoscenza libera > Switzerland - 8008 Zürich > Wikipedia: Ilario <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ilario> > Skype: valdelli > Tel: +41764821371 > http://www.wikimedia.ch > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Seddon *Advancement Associate (Community Engagement)* *Wikimedia Foundation* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
