Can the Foundation give an explanation as to why they went on with putting up that banner despite strong opposition from many people? That banner is totally horrible and I really wonder if it even was a Wikipedia editor who proposed it with all those capital letters.
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Oleg Alexandrov oleg.alexandrov@gmail.comwrote:
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.
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