Hey, what happened to the donor comment box and the log of all donations? The links from prior year redirect to : http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
Thanks, Renata
On 11/19/2010 08:43 AM, Renata St wrote:
Hey, what happened to the donor comment box and the log of all donations? The links from prior year redirect to : http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
Thanks, Renata _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
On this list earlier this week, the same question was asked. Philippe Beaudette explained that the statistics from tests that were run prior to the fundraiser show that the donor comments actually suppressed the amount of donations we received. However, it is on our to-do list to find a way to make the comments work (perhaps from the "thank you" page which follows the donation process).
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Sara Crouse scrouse@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 11/19/2010 08:43 AM, Renata St wrote:
Hey, what happened to the donor comment box and the log of all donations? The links from prior year redirect to : http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
Thanks, Renata
On this list earlier this week, the same question was asked. Philippe Beaudette explained that the statistics from tests that were run prior to the fundraiser show that the donor comments actually suppressed the amount of donations we received. However, it is on our to-do list to find a way to make the comments work (perhaps from the "thank you" page which follows the donation process).
Thanks Sara. I was looking for that thinking that somebody already asked the q. That is so weird.... I would have never thought it would reduce donations....
Another q: are you going to have matching donations? If yes, I will wait to make mine. If not, I'll contribute now.
Renata
On 11/19/2010 10:33 AM, Renata St wrote:
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Sara Crousescrouse@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 11/19/2010 08:43 AM, Renata St wrote:
Hey, what happened to the donor comment box and the log of all donations? The links from prior year redirect to : http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
Thanks, Renata
On this list earlier this week, the same question was asked. Philippe Beaudette explained that the statistics from tests that were run prior to the fundraiser show that the donor comments actually suppressed the amount of donations we received. However, it is on our to-do list to find a way to make the comments work (perhaps from the "thank you" page which follows the donation process).
Thanks Sara. I was looking for that thinking that somebody already asked the q. That is so weird.... I would have never thought it would reduce donations....
Another q: are you going to have matching donations? If yes, I will wait to make mine. If not, I'll contribute now.
Renata _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
It is strange indeed. The tests might infer that some donors want to go through as few steps as possible in order to donate (click donate --> done); or maybe some are not comfortable with a public comment. Btw, these are solely my personal guesses and not based on fact!
It should be noted that, on the "Thank You" page, after one makes a donation, they are given the option to share their story about what Wikipedia means to them. This has resulted in some amazing feedback about the real impact of the Wikimedia projects. We'll share some of the great stories in different forums.
This year we will likely not have a big online matching campaign as an additional strategy for fundraising.
Thanks in advance for your support, Renata.
Best,
Sara
On 11/19/2010 12:33 PM, Renata St wrote:
Thanks Sara. I was looking for that thinking that somebody already asked the q. That is so weird.... I would have never thought it would reduce donations....
Another q: are you going to have matching donations? If yes, I will wait to make mine. If not, I'll contribute now.
Renata _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
We absolutely take matching donations, more information can be found on the WMF website itself:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Match_Your_Gift/en
Thank you for your questions!
On 11/19/2010 12:12 PM, Keegan Peterzell wrote:
On 11/19/2010 12:33 PM, Renata St wrote:
Thanks Sara. I was looking for that thinking that somebody already asked the q. That is so weird.... I would have never thought it would reduce donations....
Another q: are you going to have matching donations? If yes, I will wait to make mine. If not, I'll contribute now.
Renata _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
We absolutely take matching donations, more information can be found on the WMF website itself:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Match_Your_Gift/en
Thank you for your questions!
I think there's some confusion here, I assume Renata was referring to having an organization that would match all donations for a certain day or week, as has happened in some of our past fundraisers. That link is information for people whose employers have a gift-matching program as one of their employee benefits, which can cover donations made at any time, even if they are not made during the current contributions campaign.
--Michael Snow
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Michael Snow wikipedia@frontier.comwrote:
On 11/19/2010 12:12 PM, Keegan Peterzell wrote:
On 11/19/2010 12:33 PM, Renata St wrote:
Thanks Sara. I was looking for that thinking that somebody already asked
the
q. That is so weird.... I would have never thought it would reduce donations....
Another q: are you going to have matching donations? If yes, I will wait
to
make mine. If not, I'll contribute now.
Renata _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
We absolutely take matching donations, more information can be found on the WMF website itself:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Match_Your_Gift/en
Thank you for your questions!
I think there's some confusion here, I assume Renata was referring to having an organization that would match all donations for a certain day or week, as has happened in some of our past fundraisers. That link is information for people whose employers have a gift-matching program as one of their employee benefits, which can cover donations made at any time, even if they are not made during the current contributions campaign.
--Michael Snow
Michael, you are correct. My employer does not have gift matching but in the past I always waited to see if WMF would get some sponsor to match donations for a particular day.
Renata
wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org