[Foundation-l] Wikimedia Donation Buttons Upgrade

[philippe]

Geni, I think that's a flawed argument, if I understand you correctly.

Sure, it was there before... under radically different conditions.  No  
one can say that the editing/reading habits of users then are the same  
as the editing/reading habits of users now.

I like the idea of giving it a shot, and congratulate Rand and his  
team for some nifty looking designs.

Philippe



On Jun 24, 2009, at 4:33 PM, geni wrote:

> 2009/6/24 Rand Montoya <rmontoya at wikimedia.org>:
>> (As this email may enact changes that affect the total Wikimedia
>> community, please feel free to forward or post this email on any  
>> and all
>> applicable lists. I would like as much feedback as possible.)
>>
>> Wikimedians--
>>
>> We have begun exploring ideas for enhancing the visibility of the  
>> donate
>> button not only within the Wikimedia main skin but also on every  
>> page of
>> every Wikimedia project. We hope that enhancement will enable us to
>> better informing our public that we are dependent on their  
>> donations as
>> we promote the free and open knowledge movement.
>>
>> We expect that a small change to the Wikimedia main skin will  
>> result in
>> big returns in donations--donations we use to keep the Wikimedia
>> movement alive and growing. I expect that in return for a bit of
>> enhanced visibility, we will see a daily increase of up to 20% in
>> donations.
>
> Ever look at the classic skin? Much like what we used before monobook.
> Anyway the donate link is in much the same place. Little evidence of
> effectiveness.
>
>
>
> -- 
> geni
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