[WikiEN-l] WIKIPEDIA FOREVER

[David Gerard]

2009/11/12 Charles Matthews <charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com>:
> Soxred93 wrote:

>> Maybe the Foundation is trying to teach us a lesson. Maybe they want
>> us to stop complaining about ads, so they intentionally run a bad
>> one. In the next few years, we'll have this to look back on and say,
>> "it could always be worse."

> It is pretty much traditional for the fundraiser to cause controversy,
> in fact. I know how Oleg feels. These days I ignore the ads, since I
> don't see why I should give money well as time: and they are obviously
> aimed at Wikipedia's readers, who outnumber the people seriously
> involved with the site by a factor of 10,000 or more by now. I don't see
> the banner any more: I don't remember dismissing it.


The banner mechanism was actually broken in IE6, so it was switched
off for a day or two while that gets fixed.

I understand the banners have been redone in Initial Capitals, not ALL
CAPITALS :-)


- d.