Hi,I just saw a fundraising banner as I opened an article on Wikipedia. Could the WMF rectify this?--Abbas
I believe there's periodic fundraising tests scheduled throughout the year. Which country were you viewing WP from, and which language version were you viewing?
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On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi,I just saw a fundraising banner as I opened an article on Wikipedia. Could the WMF rectify this?--Abbas _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
It's probably a regional test; see the bottom-most announcement at: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_2012
Mike
On 19 Apr 2012, at 20:14, Richard Symonds wrote:
I believe there's periodic fundraising tests scheduled throughout the year. Which country were you viewing WP from, and which language version were you viewing?
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Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.com wrote:
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Hey Abbas
It is apparently a fundraising test, by the staff -
http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CentralNotice&method...
It is scheduled to end on 2012/04/21 00:00, if it helps.
Regards Theo
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
Hi,I just saw a fundraising banner as I opened an article on Wikipedia. Could the WMF rectify this?--Abbas _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
Oh, thanks for the clarification Theo. Richard: I was viewing enWP from Kenya. --Abbas.
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:47:38 +0530 From: de10011@gmail.com To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Banner?
Hey Abbas
It is apparently a fundraising test, by the staff -
http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CentralNotice&method...
It is scheduled to end on 2012/04/21 00:00, if it helps.
Regards Theo
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Hi Abbas,
I'm glad Richard, Theo, and Michael were able to jump in and provide you with this information. As mentioned, the fundraising team is currently running a short test in a few countries to increase efficiency and improve our donor experience. They will all be very short (a week or less) and should just show up for anonymous users.
We put this test on the CentralNotice calendar here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CentralNotice/Calendar and we're running a shorter test than originally planned, but this email does bring to light that fact that we could be more proactive in communicating this information to the community. I'll talk with the rest of the team to make sure this is in a more visible place for future tests.
Thanks, and feel free to let me know if you have anymore questions or concerns.
Best, Josh
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Abbas Mahmood abbasjnr@hotmail.comwrote:
Oh, thanks for the clarification Theo. Richard: I was viewing enWP from Kenya. --Abbas.
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:47:38 +0530 From: de10011@gmail.com To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising Banner?
Hey Abbas
It is apparently a fundraising test, by the staff -
http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CentralNotice&method...
It is scheduled to end on 2012/04/21 00:00, if it helps.
Regards Theo
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