That would be worth trying. SJ On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 8:32 PM, Robert Rohde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I realize that many of the people working on this are new, but have > you given any thought to replicating / updating the "Personal Appeal" > approach from 2005. Adjusted for changes in traffic, there is a good > argument that the "Personal Appeal from Jimbo Wales" (last portion of > Q4 2005 fund drive) had a higher response rate than any of the others > that have been tried during the last several years. > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Personal_Appeal > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sitenotice&oldid=33615576 > > Only the early phase of Q3 2005 got similar play: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sitenotice&oldid=21666716 > > You'll notice that both of those turn on the "Wikipedia needs your > help" meme that has worked well this time as well. > > -Robert Rohde > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Rand Montoya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hey All-- >> >> There has been a lot of good feedback on the first set of site notices and >> we've taken those ideas and, I think, done a pretty good job of implementing >> fixes across projects and languages. The tech team has done fabulous work. >> >> You can see a brief statistical summary of the Phase I notices here: >> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2008/11/25/wikimedias-fundraiser-which-banners-click/ >> Please feel free to comment in the blog. We're going to be doing some short >> term testing of some minor tweaks to the Phase I notices soon. >> >> Which brings us to Phase 2. We are trying to juggle two separate concepts in >> designing the site notices: 1) we want our viewers and visitors to see and >> understand that their donations are important to the mission of Wikimedia >> Foundation and 2) we want our visitors to be stimulated into giving without >> being too disruptive. >> >> As such, Phase 2 drafts can be found here: >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2008/design_drafts. We are >> attempting to re-define the space in a different manner to encourage those >> who have not yet donated. The Quotes site notice will have 6 different >> quotes (all translated, we hope) rotated in. We will continue the same wiki >> project specific coding and current collapse/expand features that we have >> now. These are just drafts. >> >> Please comment on the page or in the discussion section. I'm also happy to >> hear any suggestions that you might have. Post your designs or drafts as >> well. >> >> Phase 2 notices will go live the week of December 1st...pending the time >> needed by our volunteer translators and the tech team. >> >> Phase 3 (slate for mid December) will focus on an end-of-campaign push and >> might include video elements. >> >> On a side note, we updated our comparative statistical presentation: >> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics. These >> charts compare 2007 vs. 2008 including only gifts of less than or equal to >> $10,000. >> >> -Rand Montoya >> Head of Community Giving >> >> -- >> Rand Montoya >> Head of Community Giving >> Wikimedia Foundation >> www.wikimedia.org >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Phone: 415.839.6885 x615 >> Fax: 415.882.0495 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > >
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