2009/11/12 Charles Matthews <charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com>om>:
Soxred93 wrote:
> Maybe the Foundation is trying to teach us a
lesson. Maybe they want
> us to stop complaining about ads, so they intentionally run a bad
> one. In the next few years, we'll have this to look back on and say,
> "it could always be worse."
It is pretty much traditional for the fundraiser to
cause controversy,
in fact. I know how Oleg feels. These days I ignore the ads, since I
don't see why I should give money well as time: and they are obviously
aimed at Wikipedia's readers, who outnumber the people seriously
involved with the site by a factor of 10,000 or more by now. I don't see
the banner any more: I don't remember dismissing it.
The banner mechanism was actually broken in IE6, so it was switched
off for a day or two while that gets fixed.
I understand the banners have been redone in Initial Capitals, not ALL
CAPITALS :-)
- d.