I seem to recall in the message displayed in Brazil it used to be $10 for a coffee. In Portugal, where we have very rooted habits of having a cup of coffee publicly, the cost generally is less than $1. In Brazil I seem to recall that habit is not that rooted (or is almost unused there). They seem to have replaced it this year by some pastry, which seems to makes more sense there.
More thoughts about the 2017 fundraising campaign in Brazil can be seen here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Seddon_(WMF)&diff=17343718&oldid=17315218 Paulo James Salsman <[email protected]> escreveu no dia sexta, 5/10/2018 à(s) 19:07: > Apparently it says $10 in Brazil? > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 3:29 AM Paulo Santos Perneta > <[email protected]> wrote: > >... > > Looking by the sample I know in Brazil (last year fundraising campaign, > in > > August I believe) the Brazilian Portuguese Wikipedia readers often got > > enraged to the point of vandalizing articles stating their disgust for a > > campaign asking money to an impoverished country (even more saying 10$ > was > > the cost of a coffee there). Others "donated" money or attempted to > donate > > it thinking it was a kind of a fee for being allowed to read Wikipédia > > (kind of a subscription). > On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 10:28 AM Peter Southwood > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I thought this specific message was targeting North Americans for whom > $3 is a realistic price. If the message is for worldwide use I would also > find it offensive in its US centric price claims. I am in Africa, where a > cup of coffee would normally be less than $3 US, but is enormously variable > depending on where you are, what coffee you drink, and who you buy it from. > I don't drink coffee myself, so not particularly expert on the topic. > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of James Salsman > > Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018 7:17 PM > > To: Wikimedia Mailing List > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] when is the last time a one-line fundraising > banner was A/B tested > > > > Someone recently complained that referring to the equivalent of USD $3 > > as the cost of a cup of coffee was incorrect and substantially > > offensive in Brazil. And then a few weeks later there was a discussion > > about how donations are so much smaller in the developing world. > > > > Coincidence? I don't think so. > > > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 10:11 AM Peter Southwood > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > It is a bit of a wall of text, but at first reading the message is > less offensive than many previous versions. > > > Cheers, > > > Peter > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
