[Foundation-l] EN discussing removing/replacing the banner

Tue Oct 23 01:56:58 UTC 2007

On 10/22/07, Casey Brown <cbrown1023.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
> Although I know you didn't intend to sound rude, this was not the place to
> say "EN is discussing replacing it".  EN could not and would not be
> allowed
> to replace it, the ultimate decision rests with the Wikimedia Foundation
> and
> its staff/board.  However, the Foundation is, as you can see, concerned
> about how its users feel about such things and have altered the banner per
> their request.  (Many expressed that they could live with it if the
> scrolling was removed and it was.)
>
> Thank you for keeping us informed.

Actually, the Foundation could choose to allow EN to replace it.  I'm sure
that if EN were encouraged to design a replacement they would manage
something much better than what the Foundation first came up with.  And had
we been invited to the table in a serious way then something better likely
would have been created before this started.  I've still yet to find where
the the banner layout was shown and discussed beforehand even after browsing
the Meta pages.

As for improvements, you could also replace the confusing "*What you don't
know about us...* (See more)" text with something that actually informs
people that this is part of a Foundation Fundraiser.  Several people have
already stated they had no idea what the box was about at all.

-Robert Rohde