On the images front - I suppose I can see what you mean about KISS - perhaps I'm more thinking about design rather than images per se - it'd be nice in the future to lift the game visually a little.
Incidentally - folks may be interested to read more about some of the WMF processes involved in running the fundraiser in the best possible way - here's one blog post; http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-science-behind-wikipedias-jimmy-appeal/ and here's a semi-critical analysis; http://visualjournalism.com/another-beautiful-infographic-with-glaring-errors-goes-viral/2010/11/17/ I'd be wary of asserting things have yet been 'conclusively shown' ;-) - It was partly the second blog post that made me feel that a visual element which incorporated photography / imagery would be a good idea, btw.... cheers, Peter, PM. On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Liam Wyatt <[email protected]> wrote: > not being party to the fundraising discussions, but being involved in the > general area of things.... > > It has been conclusively shown by the WMF's own testing of banners, landing > pages and payment systems that the more things that are on the landing page, > the less likely people are to donate. This goes down to even elements like > the "share your message" that was part of the donation process in previous > years - removing even that little free-text field significantly increased > the donation-rate. Adding photos and videos was tried in the WMF's own > testing with a fundriaising impact of decreasing donations. KISS seems to be > the guiding principle. > > The Fundraising agreement in previous years (and presumably this year too) > only covers the fundraising period - as determined by the banners and the > annual giving campaign. This excludes the rest of the year. So, at least for > the time being the "donate" button in the wikimedia interface (left hand > toolbar) will remain as it is. This might change in the future, but at the > moment everyone is too busy with the big fundraiser to worry about changing > that feature which brings in such a small amount relatively speaking. > > hope that helps. > > -Liam > > wittylama.com/blog > Peace, love & metadata > > > On 19 November 2010 00:07, private musings <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I was sorry to have missed this - I probably would have asked about >> whether or not there's any way to get an image, or images, onto the >> 'landing page' for donations - I think the carousel of WMF projects >> has since been added - or possibly it was always there and I missed >> it! >> >> I also wondered if anyone might fancy asking the foundation if the >> 'Donate' buttons on the left hand side of the screen might also be >> able to use the geo-locate function to enable donations to WMAU that >> way also? >> >> A mini-update as to the monies coming in at this very early stage >> would be great too :-) >> >> cheers, >> >> Peter, >> PM. >> >> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 7:47 PM, John Vandenberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > The committee will be available for an informal meeting on IRC >> > #wikimedia-au tomorrow evening to discuss how we are going with the >> > fundraiser, and anything else of interest. >> > >> > As this is late notice, a subset of us will be around from 6pm until >> > 10pm AEDT in order to cater to both US people staying up late, and >> > Western Australians who are a few hours behind. >> > The best times to come will be 6:45pm-7:45pm and 9pm-10pm AEDT. >> > >> > If you do not have an IRC client, there are two ways you can come chat >> > using a web browser: First, using the Wikizine chat gateway at >> > <http://chatwikizine.memebot.com/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi>. Type a >> > nickname, select irc.freenode.net from the top menu and #wikimedia-au >> > from the following menu, then login to join. >> > >> > Or, you can access Freenode by going to http://webchat.freenode.net/, >> > typing in the nickname of your choice and choosing #wikimedia-au as >> > the channel. You may be prompted to click through a security warning, >> > which you can click to accept. >> > >> > -- >> > John Vandenberg >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimediaau-l mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
