Re: [Foundation-l] Banner ads in sitenotice

On 3 August 2010 02:32, Brandon Harris wrote: > On 8/2/2010 6:12 PM, MZMcBride wrote: >> A lot of the complaints I heard regarding the Vector rollout were based in >> the fact that the Wikimedia Usability team has subverted and bastardized the >> term "usability" in an attempt to impose purely ae

Re: [Foundation-l] Banner ads in sitenotice

So if the incentive to improve it will end and the people who contribute will switch over.. you have nothing to complain about, because the quote unquote "imposed" skin will die out. End of problem. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 2:55 AM, MZMcBride wrote: > Brandon Harris wrote: > > This reads to me lik

Re: [Foundation-l] Banner ads in sitenotice

Brandon Harris wrote: > This reads to me like you're trying to start a fight with the Usability > team, and I don't rightly cotton to that idea. The team is comprised of > many people, all with different opinions to be sure - but they are all > *dedicated to the mission.* I wasn't aware "cotton"

Re: [Foundation-l] Banner ads in sitenotice

" in an attempt to impose purely aesthetic choices on the broader community." Impose? You know it can be turned off, right? On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 2:32 AM, Brandon Harris wrote: > > > On 8/2/2010 6:12 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > > A lot of the complaints I heard regarding the Vector rollout were based

Re: [Foundation-l] Banner ads in sitenotice

On 8/2/2010 6:12 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > A lot of the complaints I heard regarding the Vector rollout were based in > the fact that the Wikimedia Usability team has subverted and bastardized the > term "usability" in an attempt to impose purely aesthetic choices on the > broader community.

Re: [Foundation-l] Banner ads in sitenotice

Ryan Kaldari wrote: > Apparently long-time Wikimedia contributors are also far more sensitive > to Foundation imposition of /less/ visual clutter as well, judging by > the reaction to the Vector rollout. Perhaps we could just say that > long-term Wikimedia contributors are just more sensitive ;) A

Re: [Foundation-l] Banner ads in sitenotice

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Ryan Kaldari wrote: > Apparently long-time Wikimedia contributors are also far more sensitive > to Foundation imposition of /less/ visual clutter as well, judging by > the reaction to the Vector rollout. Perhaps we could just say that > long-term Wikimedia contribut

Re: [Foundation-l] Banner ads in sitenotice

Er, I mean: "I think it would feel less imposing and more friendly to have a smaller banner THAT ran longer." Silly typo. -Robert Rohde ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/list

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While I appreciate the comments about people being overly sensitive, I do think it is still true that we should avoid unnecessary clutter. With that in mind, I would like to mention that I don't really like the big empty box approach. On my screen it looks like the banner is about 3.5 times the h

Re: [Foundation-l] Banner ads in sitenotice

Apparently long-time Wikimedia contributors are also far more sensitive to Foundation imposition of /less/ visual clutter as well, judging by the reaction to the Vector rollout. Perhaps we could just say that long-term Wikimedia contributors are just more sensitive ;) Ryan Kaldari On 8/2/10 5:

Re: [Foundation-l] Banner ads in sitenotice

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Bod Notbod wrote: > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:43 PM, geni wrote: > >> Job adverts? Really?. Site notice is for critical stuff (fund raising, >> servers about to explode) even if you play with the notice to only >> appear ~%10 of the time. > > Personally I was quit

Re: [Foundation-l] Banner ads in sitenotice

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:43 PM, geni wrote: > Job adverts? Really?. Site notice is for critical stuff (fund raising, > servers about to explode) even if you play with the notice to only > appear ~%10 of the time. Personally I was quite pleased to see it. It can only add to the number of appli

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On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 5:43 PM, geni wrote: > advantage of not putting English ads on the Italian (substitute almost > every non english wikipedia of your choice) wikipedia. We actually have translations of the notice in 40 languages already and more are coming in as we speak.

Re: [Foundation-l] Banner ads in sitenotice

On 29 July 2010 22:43, geni wrote: > Job adverts? Really?. Site notice is for critical stuff (fund raising, > servers about to explode) even if you play with the notice to only > appear ~%10 of the time. Central notice even more so. For less > important stuff where you want to contact the communit