oh, and further discussion (and where I picked up the links) here; http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=31460
cheers, Peter, PM. On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 1:56 PM, private musings <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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