This is really impressive - such a rise in donations just because of a clear and personal approach! Can't we make more like this, personal testimonials and calls by Wikimedians but also non-Wikimedians sympathizing with us? Ziko
2008/12/23 Robert Rohde <raro...@gmail.com> > 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 <raro...@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 <delir...@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 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
