[Wikimedia-l] Thanking anonymous users

[Samuel Klein]

On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi at gmx.net>
> wrote:
>
> > * Nathan wrote:
> > >We should thank them for editing using a major banner, a la the
> > fundraiser.
> >
> > That would make many editors very annoyed and angry and drive them away.
>
> I very seriously doubt that is the case.... Banners irritate
> people, but anyone with a sincere interest in contributing to Wikimedia
> should be able to accept the necessity of maintaining both the financial
> and human resources of the movement.
>

This is just what I was going to say.  That would be charming; we could
ensure that each IP only sees it once per year.  SJ