[Foundation-l] 5M by 2 weeks

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
The fundraiser is doing well and, I totally agree that this is the best
organised fundraiser so far. It has to be because this is the most ambitious
fundraiser as well. I agree with Naoko that internationalisation and
localisation are key when the fund raising is to be a global success.

When the fundraiser is to be a global success, it is vital that our
international communities are part of the solution.  This has also been
considered and there has been a timely meeting in Europe to inform / enthuse
/ co-opt them in the work needed.

Because of the geo-tagging of traffic, we know from what country people
connect to our projects. When we do, we also know what currency they have in
their pocket. It is best when we ask people to donate in their local
currency and in their own language.

What can be done better next year is the translation and localisation
itself. At this time there are two platform where this work is done. There
is Meta and translatewiki.net one uses only standard Wiki technology and the
other uses technology that is made for localisation and translation as well.
Adopting the TWN technology will enhance the quality and the process.

When the technology is harmonised, we may find that people are more likely
to work both on Meta and on TWN. Currently 33 languages are adequately
localised at TWN. It is strange that languages like Italian and Serbian are
still poorly given that there is a chapter in Italy and Serbia.

As to translating itself, many texts like Jimmy's appeal are best translated
in a way that ensures that the appeal rings true in translation. This means
that literal translations are not necessarily the best choice.
Thanks,
       Gerard


2010/11/27 KIZU Naoko <aphaia at gmail.com>

> I fully agree this year's team does a good job and get best results,
> but in regard of internationalization and localizability, I'm saddened
> not to agree this year's one is the best managed. Some of my concerns
> I have explained on internal-l, and it caused confusions to some non
> English aspirant donors (some mailed their perplexions to otrs).
>
> Those confusions have been caused by
> - strong anglocentric system messages like "First" and "Last" names -
> some translations were literal and couldn't kept the original
> intention.
> - removal of manual lang selector: if a donor is eventually in a
> foreign country with a national chapter, they have no way to get  the
> landing page in their mother tongue. Not every foreign resident is
> fluent in the lang of their residence.
>
> I don't oppose the general observation this year's fundraising is well
> done, but it shouldn't be the same to ignore linguistic minority, nor
> to abandon of effort to keep our multiligualisation which we at the
> global Wikimedia community have pursued for this decade.
> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Robert Rohde <rarohde at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The $5M over 15 days is very good news.
> >
> > I think it is fair to say that this appears to be the best managed
> > fundraiser to date.  It has exhibited both high production values and
> > a high level of awareness about how to draw in the small-scale donors
> > that are the backbone of the annual fundraiser.  In addition, the
> > communication with the community about the fundraiser seems to have
> > improved over previous years.
> >
> > So great work guys.  Keep it up.
> >
> > -Robert Rohde
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Przykuta <przykuta at o2.pl> wrote:
> >> :]
> >>
> >> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
> >>
> >> and news
> >>
> >>
> http://pl.wikinews.org/wiki/Fundacja_Wikimedia_zebra%C5%82a_5_milion%C3%B3w_dolar%C3%B3w_w_ci%C4%85gu_2_tygodni
> >>
> >> We could expect >20M this year... ;)
> >>
> >> best regards
> >>
> >> przykuta
> >>
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