[WikiEN-l] WIKIPEDIA FOREVER

[geni]

2009/11/12 Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com>:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Oleg Alexandrov
> <oleg.alexandrov at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have been a Wikipedian for five years. I am an administrator, I have
>> written tens of articles, created hundreds of pictures, and made tens
>> of thousands of edits. I love Wikipedia and all that it represents.
>>
>> I find the current "WIKIPEDIA FOREVER" banner to be creepy. I don't
>> have good words to express it, but it does not feel the right way of
>> soliciting donations.
>>
>> I would call upon the Wikipedians responsible for the banner to give
>> it a deep thought about what  message they want to convey to the
>> millions of visitors to the site. Thank you.
>
> Is there an actual place to discuss the wording of such banners?
>
> Carcharoth

It's ended up a bit spread out but:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2009/Launch_Feedback

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2009/Alternative_banners


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geni