On 10 April 2011 22:56, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
At one point there were "anon tips" above the tabs in Monobook. These were text-only snippets that appeared only for logged-out users. For example one snippet was, "Have questions? [[Wikipedia:Questions|Find out how to ask questions and get answers.]]" The old code is available here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=288720468. It might make sense to implement something like that again.
Yes, that's the sort of thing. What happened and what do we need to put those back?
There needs to be serious consideration of not further diluting the potency of banner messages and of not annoying users.
Would user tests measuring annoyance help?
We could have the banners just for anons and have switching them off as a user option!
- d.