Peanut gallery to peanut gallery here:
When most people log on they are taken to the Main
Page, and the
ArbCom vote link should be on EVERY article,
putting it on
watchlists
marginalizes it, and if you have a rule that
users need to
be active
for a few months then their vote won't be
registered regardless of
what page they come from. At this stage it's more important
to educate
new users and the public about an important vote
taking
place within
Wikipedia than to have the request for MONEY on
every page
which makes
> Wikipedia look greedy after they just raised around $300,000, don't
> you think? Get rid of the merchandising and commercializing
I hadn't realised the ArbCom thing shows up only on the watchlist, but
it seems a very logical place for it. There is no point having newbies
or casual web surfers vote. They would have no idea what they were
voting for, let alone whom. Anyone who has a watchlist and checks it
cares at least a *little* bit about Wikipedia, and has a basic concept
of editing, and can probably understand the issues that could lead to
disputes, like (non-)ownership of pages, etc.
That said, he has a point re:fundraising. It would be more satisfying if
there *was* a fundraising goal, and if the notices were removed if that
goal were met. Fair enough if the goal *isn't* met to leave it
indefinitely.
Totally unrelated question: Where can I find out what portion of
cafepress.com merchandise goes back to Wikipedia?
Steve