Nope, doesn’t help. Surely it is possible to have a direct link to the banner which always works, wherever you are, and whether or not you are logged in. Cheers, Peter
-----Original Message----- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Peel Sent: Friday, 04 December 2015 5:58 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] (no subject) Try when logged out - the links worked fine for me after logging out. Thanks, Mike > On 4 Dec 2015, at 15:54, Peter Southwood <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lisa, when you give us links to look at new versions of banners, please try > to use links that actually display the banners. > Cheers, > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Lisa Gruwell > Sent: Thursday, 03 December 2015 9:30 PM > To: Wikimedia Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] (no subject) > > We agree with you that WMF fundraising should not use stock photography. > This was a mistake by a designer. We specify in our contracts with outside > designers that the images used should be custom artwork that WMF owns (and > can then share) or freely licensed images. We pulled that banner yesterday > and asked our designers for a new custom image that we can freely license. > We are running another banner with a custom light bulb image at 100% now. > This artwork will be added to Commons. We also have a few new banners > featuring some beautiful Commons images that are under development: Stars > <https://en.wikipedia.org/?banner=B1516_0916_en6C_dsk_p1_lg_strinf&for > ce=1&country=US> > , Penguin > <https://en.wikipedia.org/?banner=B1516_0916_en6C_dsk_p1_lg_pngsml&for > ce=1&country=US> > Thank > you for pointing this out to us. > > > > Best, > > Lisa > >> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Rob <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I don't think this rises to the level of outrage, but it's a little >> important. The goal of the WMF should be to promote free and open >> content, and this adds to the perception that the WMF is disconnected >> from those goals and the community. I don't care if they use a stock >> photo if they need to, but when they have smart, capable, and >> creative people like Victor Grigas on staff, they can certainly >> manage to photograph a cup of coffee and release it as a CC photo to >> set a good example for the community and movement. >> >> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 4:41 AM, Gerard Meijssen >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hoi, >>> It is that time of year where money is asked from the people. >>> Arguably we would do more when the Wikimedia foundation was not so >>> FF-ing Wikipedia centred.The arguments for not giving Wikisource >>> have passed their sell by date and usability for exposing its >>> wonderful work is imho a >> disfigurement >>> on the resume of the WMF (among others). This is a cheap one to fix. >>> It makes sense to fix it as I understand sources are part of >>> "Wikimedia >> Zero" >>> and it would make a world of a difference when the sources can >>> actually >> be >>> found. >>> >>> Unicef among others has fundraising campaigns for education because >>> it is not its most important priority. As long as kids die because >>> of lack of food, safe water, preventable disease and temperature it is >>> obvious why. >>> Such an excuse the WMF does not have. It could ask for additional >>> funding for Wikisource, for Wikidata for ... and it would have a solid >>> argument. >>> Thanks, >>> GerardM >>> >>>> On 3 December 2015 at 10:25, Andrea Zanni >>>> <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Under the redesigned grants scheme, WMF Project grants might be >>>>> able >> to >>>>> help with this kind of software development work for Commons >>>>> and/or Wikisource. I happen to know a developer here in Cascadia >>>>> who might be interested, either as an individual or in association >>>>> with a Wikimedia affiliate, in doing this kind of work on a grant or >>>>> contract basis. >>>>> >>>>> Pinging Kacie for comment about possible grant funding. (: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi Pine, thanks for the comment. >>>> I understand what you mean, and I do believe there is space to work >>>> on Wikisource via grants, BUT. >>>> >>>> But I already did a Individual Engagement Grant in 2013 (with David >> Cuenca) >>>> regarding Wikisource. >>>> It was great, but IEGs don't give you staff time. So me and David >>>> used Google Summer of Code, and we mentored 4 projects: if I'm not >>>> mistaken, only one was really finished, meaning it produced >>>> concrete results on Wikisource. Others stopped before (for example, >>>> two dedicated mediawiki extensions were not put in production). >>>> Within the IEG, we made a big survey among Wikisource communities, >>>> to develop a wishlist and a roadmap for WS communities. We set up a >>>> Wikisource Community User Group. We >> talked >>>> and talked. Bugs were and are reported, from years. Two weeks ago, >>>> we convened the very first internationl Wikisource conference, in >>>> Vienna, hosted by Wikimedia Austria (3 members from WMF were there, >>>> and we had a great and productive time, reports will follow). >>>> >>>> I've personally been involved in all of these efforts, so I've also >>>> seen that real impact of Wikisource infrastructure (core WS >>>> extension, >> design, >>>> interface, performance, development) has been minimal. I don't >>>> really >> want >>>> to have this conversation here and now, but I have had a fair >>>> amount of experience in this to say that until the WMF (or some >>>> affiliate big >> enough >>>> and high enough in the software pipeline) commit to WS, change >>>> won't magically happen by itself. We have practically one real >>>> volunteer developer, and he's full of work to do (also, I already >>>> asked him if he would like to receive a grant to work on certain >>>> issues, and he can't, >> and >>>> he's the only one who could do that, thanks to his unique experience). >>>> >>>> Grant works for little things, I'm afraid. 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