Kindly point to where on EN that any design discussion was advertised? Or for that matter, point to the forum where the design of the banner was publically discussed at all?
EN is still more than 50% of all Wikipedia traffic (according to Alexa) and I bet most regular contributors were unaware a fundraiser was coming let alone that there was a design discussion (assumming there was a discussion).
-Robert Rohde
On 10/22/07, Casey Brown cbrown1023.ml@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/22/07, Robert Rohde rarohde@gmail.com wrote:
A pink box with scrolling text, often in foreign languages, really?
Well... they illustrate donation comments spoken in many of the languages that Wikipedia has wikis for.
"*What you don't know about us...* (See more)" - Seems to go just to the fundraising page, and so reads like an Easter egg link to me, since it isn't informing people about Wikipedia.
What you didn't know about us... leads to:
$200 – We can make Wikipedia available in developing countries through DVDs, books and pamphlets. $100 – We can pay for two Wikipedia Academy events in Africa. $60 – We can send three students to our annual Wikimania conference. $40 – We can deliver 100 million pageviews of free information!
I certainly did not know about that, did you?
Could I encourage people to have some more thoughtful and widely accessible design discussions about these things.
more thoughful? They've been preparing this fundraiser for months, if you want your ideas heard, please tell them /before/ the fundraiser starts.
I know we need fundraisers, but the layout of this appeal seems poorly
designed.
Perhaps you can contribute ideas for next year's fundraiser?
-Robert Rohde
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