[Foundation-l] [FR 07] Fundraiser 2007-ResponsivenessofCommunity

Dan Rosenthal swatjester at gmail.com
Thu Sep 20 23:23:00 UTC 2007


Nevermind....my reading comprehension is for the lose.

-Dan
On Sep 20, 2007, at 6:54 PM, Brian McNeil wrote:

> Dan Rosenthal wrote:
>
>> Uh....what? No. Everyone and their dog has heard of Wikipedia. Stop.
>> End Sentence. Significantly fewer people have heard of the WMF and
>> the sister projects. This is evidenced by the significantly lower
>> contribution rates on them. Ask  people on the street if they know
>> what wikibooks or wikiversity are.
>
> Eh?
>
> I'm talking about the linked to banner and the fact that it won't  
> garner
> attention because it uses the WMF logo instead of the Wikipedia one.
>
> My point, which seems to be at several thousand feet above sea  
> level, was
> that we can use *both* logos on a banner for fundraising.  You  
> catch the
> "just because it is Wikipedia" donors, but also make a small step  
> towards
> educating them that we have other projects. To use marketing terms,  
> WMF is a
> brand which we must promote awareness of.
>
>
> Brian.
>
>
>
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