Nkansah, Are you sure you were logged in when you went to the main page? The banner will only show if you access the main page while logged in.
If you were logged in, and the banner still does not show up for you in Chrome's Incognito mode, then I am out of ideas ... and I agree with you that the way this has been set up is completely unsatisfactory. Best, Andreas On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Nkansah Rexford <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello Andreas > > I think I've done your suggestions. > > 1) I have the "Suppress display of the fundraiser banner" already > unchecked. I verified, and ensured its not checked, at least twice. > > 2) I set my browser to "Incognito" Mode. I use Chrome most recent version. > > 3) I went to the en.wikipedia.org (English Wikipedia) and the banner isn't > showing. > > I can't tell where the problem is from now. But for a survey that's > optional to take, should it be that hard and cumbersome to access? Assuming > your troubleshoot tips worked, will everyone (especially, the wikipedia > newbies) have to go through that process just to see a survey? > > I wished i could add screenshots to proof it isn't showing, but thought of > this as a mailing list. But in all, its not working > > Suggestion: > 1) Please, if anyone has access, should verify to see if the banner is > allowed to show in the geographical location I'm in, Ghana. I know some > banners can be configured to show in certain parts of the world based on IP > preferences. Since Ghana wasn't listed even among the countries initially, > I won't be surprised if Ghana isn't part of the survey (Don't know how I > came across it for the first time though). > > thanks > rexford > > On Tuesday, November 6, 2012, Andreas Kolbe wrote: > > > 1. Make sure "Suppress display of the fundraiser banner" in your > > preferences (it's under gadgets) is NOT checked. > > > > 2. Set your browser to "Private Browsing" or "Incognito" of "Stealth" > mode > > (whichever term your browser uses; this it to bypass any cookies that may > > prevent the display of the banner). > > > > 3. Go to the English Wikipedia main page: you should then see the banner > at > > the top of your screen, with a link enabling you to do the survey. > > > > Andreas > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Nkansah Rexford > > <[email protected] <javascript:;>>wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I wish to take the Wikipedia survey after the addition of Ghana. But > > can't > > > find the banner. Its not showing on my wikipedia pages. > > > > > > I'm accessing Wikipedia from Ghana. > > > > > > To enable me take the survey as early as possible before it expires > out, > > > can I have the link directly to the survey page? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > rexford > > > > > > > > > -- > > > +Nyarko Rexford <https://plus.google.com/u/0/107174506890941499078> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikipedia-l mailing list > > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikipedia-l mailing list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l > > > > > -- > +Nyarko Rexford <https://plus.google.com/u/0/107174506890941499078> > _______________________________________________ > Wikipedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
