2010/7/27 Bod Notbod bodnotbod@gmail.com:
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Philippe Beaudette pbeaudette@wikimedia.org wrote:
I'd like to begin a conversation about the 2010-2011 Fundraiser, which isn't slated to launch for a few months, but for which we'd like to get community involvement early and often.
Aside from recalling the lesson of the disastrous "WIKIPEDIA FOREVER!!!" banner to make sure that doesn't happen again, I think some (more?) appeal videos would be good.
What about asking our readers to submit "I use Wikipedia to..." videos; they begin with those words and then carry on talking.
A friend of mine woke up in the middle of the night with a belly-ache. He googled it (in Hebrew) and the first result was the Hebrew Wikipedia article about appendicitis. The symptoms matched, so he went to the hospital and it indeed was appendicitis.
Wikipedia may have saved his life and this story may make a good testimonial video - but are we sure that we would want to do it in the light of [[Wikipedia:Medical disclaimer]]?