[Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser causing confusion

[Richard Symonds]

Your best bet is to move any complex ones to the donation queue (which is
what was done in previous years, I think).

Richard Symonds
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On 28 November 2012 14:41, Charles Andrès <charles.andres at wikimedia.ch>wrote:

> In fact we haven't seen the link before but we had the same in
> Switzerland, it seems that in a way people complain about the traditional
> banners that are to intrusive, but in the other hand they are more
> suspicious and have doubt about banners that are not the same than previous
> year!
>
> Charles
>
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> Le 28 nov. 2012 à 15:27, Philippe Beaudette <philippe at wikimedia.org> a
> écrit :
>
> > Not trying to be snarky, but.... like what?
> >
> > We run a fundraiser.  It happens every year.  I'm pretty sure we have an
> > OTRS template about it.  :)
> >
> > pb
> >
> > ___________________
> > Philippe Beaudette
> > Director, Community Advocacy
> > Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
> >
> > 415-839-6885, x 6643
> >
> > philippe at wikimedia.org
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 6:24 AM, Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I'm seeing a significant number of OTRS tickets along the lines of:
> >>
> >>   I was looking at Wikipedia and a big orange banner popped up
> >>   asking for donation> Is this for real, or is it a scam?
> >>
> >> Can anything be done about this?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Andy Mabbett
> >> @pigsonthewing
> >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
> >>
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