[Foundation-l] Jimmy Wales donation appeal

[Ziko van Dijk]

This is really impressive - such a rise in donations just because of a clear
and personal approach! Can't we make more like this, personal testimonials
and calls by Wikimedians but also non-Wikimedians sympathizing with us?
Ziko



2008/12/23 Robert Rohde <rarohde at gmail.com>

> Aside from concerns about loudness and size in the banner, the message
> itself has been very successful:
>
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics
>
> -Robert Rohde
>
> PS.  At screen widths that are not all that small, it appears the
> "collapse" button is forcing the "Please Read:" unit down a line so
> the last line is hanging outside the box.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Robert Rohde <rarohde at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Looks like the new appeal is working well.
> >
> > We seem to be on pace to have the best single day of this fund drive.
> >
> > -Robert Rohde
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Delirium <delirium at hackish.org> wrote:
> >> I assume most of you at least occasionally read one of the Wikimedia
> >> websites so probably saw this in a sitenotice, but I thought it was a
> >> very well done appeal, concisely highlighting exactly what we do, why
> >> it's different than what most people do, and why we're worth donating
> >> to, so worth pointing out:
> >> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Letter/en
> >>
> >> Worriers about the perennial suggestions to put advertising somewhere on
> >> the site(s) might also like what appears to be the closest to a no-ads
> >> pledge I've seen so far: "Like a national park or a school, we don't
> >> believe advertising should have a place in Wikipedia".
> >>
> >> -Mark
> >>
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Ziko van Dijk
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