Daniel Mayer wrote:
--- Delirium <delirium(a)hackish.org> wrote:
I can't make any claims to be a representative
user, but I personally
find these sorts of things *really* annoying. When I'm trying to read
an encyclopedia article, I don't want a "give us money!" link at the
top, especially one with exclamation marks in it! If it were some sort
of big bar thing, that'd be so much the worse, especially since it
doesn't go away when I actually *do* give money. Letting me hide them
would be nice.
Slashdot allows subscribers to turn off advertisements. Perhaps we could do the same thing
except for donation notices?
I'd rather it let me turn them off regardless of subscription
status---if I subscribe it will be a voluntary donation to help
Wikimedia because I feel it deserves my money. Trying to annoy me into
giving money is irritating, because I'm *already* donating my time to
help create this encyclopedia. If I want to donate money as well, or
don't want to, that's my business, but it's certainly not money
Wikimedia "deserves", given that they're not paying me for my content.
-Mark