> > This is a really useful discussion and there's a powerful idea. I agree > with Ravi that there is an opportunity to build awareness and traffic to > Indic language sites. While we are already seeing considerable readership > of Indic languages, there's clearly a lot more that can be done to support > this and also to help build Indic language communities. I also hear Theo's > point that it didn't work last time, or maybe wasn't adequately measured. > > I'd like to suggest that - even as the technical challenges are resolved - > to explore this. The first step would be finalise what the objectives are > (e.g., is it basic awareness building of the existence of Indic language > projects or to is it to drive readership of these projects or is it > encourage more active participation in these proejcts?) The next stage > would be to test different banner/notice/page design options and figure out > the most appropriate solution (in the same systematic way that the WMF > fundraising team tests banners and optimises the ones that work best.) If > you see value and you think we need resources for this, I'm happy to see > what we can do about it. (Maybe see if any of the fundraising team's > people are free after the fundraiser to help with the analytics for > determining what might work best?) > > What say? > > hisham >
+1. Instead of saying it won't work, we have to think how to make it work as the ultimate goal of increasing awareness about Indic projects should not be neglected ! Ravi
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