These banners are problematic in that they are likely to trigger automatic filtering of Wikimedia sites by certain types/brands of net nanny/anti-spam/security software - including software used by many employers, schools and libraries. And once the sites are filtered/blocked, it will be difficult if not impossible for many users (particularly if they don't have administrator permissions for the site) to lift the filter/block. Getting donations is not more important than keeping the sites accessible.
Please reconsider.
Risker/Anne
On 26 November 2014 at 15:33, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banni%C3%A8rePopUpWikipedia2014.png
Gah.
Yes, I understand that more obnoxious banners means more money faster and presumably a shorter overall campaign. I also understand that we're only punishing certain large wikis with these banners and that these banners typically set a cookie so that they'll only appear once for most users.
Still, there's an element of basic human decency that must be incorporated into our banner designs. Obscuring the page content is not cool. Pop-ups (even ones that stay in the same window) are not cool.
MZMcBride
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