Hey all!
I wanted to send a quick reminder that our English language fundraiser is officially launching tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday 28th November, at 16.00 UTC) with some final systems tests running between now and then.
---Banners and Ideas---
You can see the all of our current most effective fundraising banners on our Fundraising Ideas page where you can also contribute any specific ideas or stories we should tell via social media, banners, emails etc:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising/2017-18_Fundraising_ideas
---Blog Posts---
We've recently published two blog posts about our fundraising work. The first covers how we try to limit the disruption to our readers during campaigns. The second is a recent tranche of research conducted into what our readers think about our fundraising. Take a look!
Banner limiting: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/10/03/fundraising-banner-limit/
Donor research: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/11/17/fundraising-donor-learnings/
---Reporting Issues---
If you see any technical issues with the banners or payments systems please do report it on phabricator:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/create/?template=118862
If you see a donor on a talk page, OTRS, or social media with questions about donating or having difficulties in the donation process, please refer them to: donate{{at}}wikimedia.org
Here is also the ever present fundraising IRC channel to raise urgent technical issues: #wikimedia-fundraising
http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=%23wikimedia-fundraising&uio=d4 http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23wikimedia-fundraising&uio=d4
---Next Updates---
There will be a further launch announcement on the Wikimedia blog tomorrow and I will give a brief update at the end of the week with our progress and hopefully some interesting initial lessons learnt. A more substantial update will follow later in the week.
Finally, I’d like to thank the community here in advance for your help and patience over the coming weeks. From here on out, wish us luck!
Many Thanks