Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Gendergap-I] Re: Fundraising banners (again)

2014-12-06 Thread Ryan Kaldari
Why would you need an IT team to track the A/B testing? 100% of the code for the banners and banner delivery is publicly accessible and there is a detailed automatically-generated log of all changes to fundraising banners and campaigns (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralNoticeLogs).

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Gendergap-I] Re: Fundraising banners (again)

2014-12-06 Thread K. Peachey
The view at 3200x1800 http://i.imgur.com/IY28Tmp.png On 6 December 2014 at 17:59, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote: Why would you need an IT team to track the A/B testing? 100% of the code for the banners and banner delivery is publicly accessible and there is a detailed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banners (again)

2014-12-06 Thread Russavia
It could be worse. Internet archive is running their banners at moment. Quote: Internet Archive is a non-profit. We don’t run ads, but still need to pay for servers and staff. If everyone reading this gave $75, we could end our fundraiser right now. For the cost of buying a book, you can make a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banners (again)

2014-12-06 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, I am really pleased that we have continuously enough money to do what needs to be done. I am really pleased that the Dutch can deduct their gifts from the tax man. As far as I know (from the moment this was arranged), it is possible to have a European status for the WMF as well. Now that is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banners (again)

2014-12-06 Thread K. Peachey
On 6 December 2014 at 20:47, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote: Whining about effective fundraising is just that.. Please help us with approaches that bring in the additional money to do even more in stead. Thanks, GerardM Oh, I don't know, maybe have smaller ads which

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising banners (again)

2014-12-06 Thread Anthony Cole
Phoebe, you said, ... in our meeting the board discussed whether we should try to raise more money now to build our long-term reserves (which I personally think is wise, given current trends). Phoebe and Samuel, I would be very concerned if your foundation created an endowment fund to ensure its

Re: [Wikimedia-l] To donate or not

2014-12-06 Thread Anthony Cole
A similar line from the UK's Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/citydiary/11276717/Dashwood-Ladbrokes-on-the-inside-track-for-bookies-next-CEO.html Quote: Dashwood was confused to see a large banner ad flashing up on *the Wikipedia homepage *

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Gendergap-I] Re: Fundraising banners (again)

2014-12-06 Thread Marc A. Pelletier
On 14-12-06 04:44 AM, K. Peachey wrote: The view at 3200x1800http://i.imgur.com/IY28Tmp.png ... yes? Your point is? Clearly the banner was constructed to occupy the width of the window, and it's height will be proportional to that (taking into account font metrics). I'm no fan of the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF November 2014 Metrics Activities Meeting: Thursday, December 4, 19:00 UTC

2014-12-06 Thread Samuel Klein
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:23 PM, C. Scott Ananian canan...@wikimedia.org Will investment in the Content Translation tool affect the balance between enwiki and local wiki pageviews going forward? That would be one

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost -- Volume 10, Issue 47 -- 03 December 2014

2014-12-06 Thread Wikipedia Signpost
Featured content: ABCD: Any Body Can Dance! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-12-03/Featured_content In the media: Embroidery and cheese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-12-03/In_the_media Op-ed: Who edits health-related content on