[Foundation-l] Jimmy Wales donation appeal

Tue Dec 23 12:48:49 UTC 2008

Aside from concerns about loudness and size in the banner, the message
itself has been very successful:

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics

-Robert Rohde

PS.  At screen widths that are not all that small, it appears the
"collapse" button is forcing the "Please Read:" unit down a line so
the last line is hanging outside the box.

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Robert Rohde <rarohde at gmail.com> wrote:
> Looks like the new appeal is working well.
>
> We seem to be on pace to have the best single day of this fund drive.
>
> -Robert Rohde
>
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Delirium <delirium at hackish.org> wrote:
>> I assume most of you at least occasionally read one of the Wikimedia
>> websites so probably saw this in a sitenotice, but I thought it was a
>> very well done appeal, concisely highlighting exactly what we do, why
>> it's different than what most people do, and why we're worth donating
>> to, so worth pointing out:
>> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Letter/en
>>
>> Worriers about the perennial suggestions to put advertising somewhere on
>> the site(s) might also like what appears to be the closest to a no-ads
>> pledge I've seen so far: "Like a national park or a school, we don't
>> believe advertising should have a place in Wikipedia".
>>
>> -Mark
>>
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