On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 1:51 AM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com wrote:
In relation to the question above, I'd be much more happy to hear that this is the product of staff's work, than the product of some global social changes. Although it would be great if the world is changing so quickly, it's much more unpredictable variable than work inside of the organization.
[1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/12/27/wikimedia-foundation-raises-25-million-...
I greatly believe this is the product staff's work. I was a part of Fundraising 2010 for the WMF as a part-time contractor, and I've closely followed the work of the fundraising team since. Megan Hernandez and her team have learned and grown each year, as has Zack and his work with the team, on meta, and here. The track record is quite clear, people are not contributing in the English language markets this year as opposed to last because of trends when the English Wikipedia's popularity has not significantly changed.
Kudos to Fundraising 2012. I saw about three banners and you met your target in record time.