To see in more detail how the recent fund drive went, I started looking at the raw data and put some figures together here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tobacman/Stats/Fundraising . Comparing this most recent fundraiser to the two earlier fundraisers in 2005, it seems very clear that *something* happened to make the week following 12/28/2005 a very good one for the Foundation. More specifically, previous fundraisers had tended to fizzle, and this one seemed to be taking a similar path until its New Year's fireworks. How can we figure out what made this fundraiser take off? Maybe additional data, tests, or experiments could help in future planning-- It would be great if we could have the techniques in place for such remarkable success from the very beginning of the next fundraiser. Jeremy _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

To see in more detail how the recent fund drive went, I started looking at the raw data and put some figures together here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tobacman/Stats/Fundraising . Comparing this most recent fundraiser to the two earlier fundraisers in 2005, it seems very clear that *something* happened to make the week following 12/28/2005 a very good one for the Foundation. More specifically, previous fundraisers had tended to fizzle, and this one seemed to be taking a similar path until its New Year's fireworks. How can we figure out what made this fundraiser take off? Maybe additional data, tests, or experiments could help in future planning-- It would be great if we could have the techniques in place for such remarkable success from the very beginning of the next fundraiser. Jeremy