Re: [Wikimedia-l] COI editing by WMF staff

2014-04-17 Thread Zack Exley
gt; > > > yes -- but he neither corrected the false statement on its user page, > > or > > > > disclose his connection to it. > > > > > > That is untrue; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zackexley > > > > > > > Interesting, b

Re: [Wikimedia-l] An idea that may improve Wikipedia's fundraising

2013-08-20 Thread Zack Exley
great > to > > > start a page. :-) > > > > > > MZMcBride > > > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Changes at the Wikimedia Foundation Fundraising Team

2013-08-01 Thread Zack Exley
at zackex...@gmail.com Zack On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Dan Rosenthal wrote: > Congratulations about the new site Zack, and congratulations to Megan, > Lisa, and Sara! > > Dan Rosenthal > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 9:38 PM, James Salsman wrote: > > > I know I'

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Changes at the Wikimedia Foundation Fundraising Team

2013-07-30 Thread Zack Exley
> > If I was recruiting colonists for an interstellar colonization mission, > he would likely be in the top 100 Thanks James - If I ever publish a book, I'm putting that quote on the back! On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:38 PM, James Salsman wrote: > I know I've been crit

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Rationale for fundraising record?

2013-01-06 Thread Zack Exley
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 1:59 PM, MZMcBride wrote: > Zack Exley wrote: > > In past years, the campaign has dragged on for weeks with us only making > > $150,000 per day. We wanted to avoid that this year, and so we did > > everything we could to get the money in fas

Re: [Wikimedia-l] fundraising status?

2013-01-06 Thread Zack Exley
x27;t have so much uncertainty because in various ways we're going to spread fundraising around the whole calendar. Zack On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Zack Exley wrote: > James - > > I'm sorry I didn't respond earlier. Your questions are kind of like a > legal depo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] fundraising status?

2013-01-06 Thread Zack Exley
pproach. Sorry, Zack On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 12:18 PM, James Salsman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Zack Exley wrote: > > James - > > > > I don't fully understand all your concerns > > > I think you might have tried to contact me via IM. Sor

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Rationale for fundraising record?

2013-01-06 Thread Zack Exley
organization. > > [1] > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/12/27/wikimedia-foundation-raises-25-million-in-record-time-during-2012-fundraiser/ > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] fundraising status?

2012-12-27 Thread Zack Exley
mbers commenting on > > the recent "narrowing focus" changes, and lack of telepresence options > > for Wikimania attendees. Many of these issues dwarf the ignominious > > events of the Foundation's past, so I hope you, the other trustees, > > and the Foundation leadership will

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising updates?

2012-12-17 Thread Zack Exley
ave a design tweak (like color) that we're confident will always effect click rate in the same direction as donations, then we can combine that with message testing. > Sincerely, > James Salsman > -- Zack Exley Chief Revenue Officer Wikimedia Foundation 415 506 9225 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising updates?

2012-12-17 Thread Zack Exley
On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On Dec 14, 2012 3:37 PM, "Zack Exley" wrote: > > Since we took banners down for everyone, we've > > mostly been displaying them only 1 or 2 times to people who've never seen > > them. Though yester

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraising updates?

2012-12-14 Thread Zack Exley
, in der jeder Mensch freien Zugang zu der > > Gesamtheit des Wissens der Menschheit hat. Helfen Sie uns dabei! > > http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ > > > > Gemeinnützige Wikimedia Fördergesellschaft mbH. > > Eingetragen beim Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg unter

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

2012-12-04 Thread Zack Exley
_ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- Zack Exley Chief Revenue Officer Wikimedia Foundation 415 506 9225 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

2012-12-04 Thread Zack Exley
ist > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- Zack Exley Chief Revenue Officer Wikimedia Foundation 415 506 9225 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

2012-12-04 Thread Zack Exley
OK Thomas, I'll look that up. Thanks. On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > Zack, you may want to look up "sample bias"... Of course you don't get many > complaints from the people that responded positively to the banners... > On Dec 4, 2012

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

2012-12-04 Thread Zack Exley
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Zack Exley wrote: > Unacceptable! Sorry Max, your tone and language gave me a flashback to my demonic 3rd grade teacher and it took a little while to recover. (I'm not joking.) On the topic of the "sticky" banners, I'd like to know what

[Wikimedia-l] Why you're not seeing banners

2012-12-04 Thread Zack Exley
to Dec 31 we'll begin showing banners again to everyone for a final push to the year end goal. -- Zack Exley Chief Revenue Officer Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

2012-12-04 Thread Zack Exley
Unacceptable! On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 12:52 AM, MZMcBride wrote: > Zack Exley wrote: > > We just were playing around with the hover banners to see what kind of > > effect they might have. They're not up now. And probably won't come back. > > Your comment reminds

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

2012-12-03 Thread Zack Exley
-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- Zack Exley Chief Revenue Officer Wikimedia Foundation 415 506 9225 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

2012-12-03 Thread Zack Exley
coming together of the community, then why not do it around invitations to participate instead of to donate? > SJ > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mai

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Banners are too bright, too long

2012-12-03 Thread Zack Exley
erations, that > they do listen to the concerns people have, and that they will make the > best choices they can in light of the information available. Keeping that > in mind usually helps me as I reflect on whether my own concerns are merely > matters of personal taste or something more imp

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser launch update

2012-11-27 Thread Zack Exley
for people after they've seen them a certain number of times (probably 5 times). If we can do that without slowing down the fundraiser, we'll make that a new feature of the campaign. On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Zack Exley wrote: > Hi all, > > We have some information on t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser launch update

2012-11-27 Thread Zack Exley
_ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > -- Zack Exley Chief Revenue Officer Wikimedia Foundation 415 506 9225 ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser launch update

2012-11-26 Thread Zack Exley
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Thomas Dalton wrote: > On Nov 26, 2012 5:15 PM, "Nathan" wrote: > > > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Zack Exley > wrote: > > > > > > > > This year we did something different and went up all over the wor

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser launch update

2012-11-26 Thread Zack Exley
r, by far. That gave us the confidence to launch much later this year. > On Nov 26, 2012 7:11 AM, "Zack Exley" wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > We have some information on the fundraiser launch to share. We are still > > planning on launching Monday, Novemb

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser launch update

2012-11-26 Thread Zack Exley
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 2:09 AM, David Gerard wrote: > On 26 November 2012 07:10, Zack Exley wrote: > > > We have some information on the fundraiser launch to share. We are still > > planning on launching Monday, November 26, but we're going to make a > change >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser launch update

2012-11-26 Thread Zack Exley
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 2:08 AM, David Gerard wrote: > On 26 November 2012 07:10, Zack Exley wrote: > > > We're going to run this end of year campaign only in 5 countries (US, CA, > > GB, AU & NZ) and then spend three months meticulously localizing and > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser launch update

2012-11-26 Thread Zack Exley
No, sorry, that was an oversight in my message. We will not run campaigns in those countries (FR, DE, CH) in April. On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:18 AM, Florence Devouard wrote: > On 11/26/12 8:10 AM, Zack Exley wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> We have some information on the fu

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser launch update

2012-11-25 Thread Zack Exley
as a last-minute decision. The only reason not to do it was simple reason-less aversion to change. Zack On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Risker wrote: > On 26 November 2012 02:10, Zack Exley wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > We have some information on the fundraiser laun

[Wikimedia-l] Fundraiser launch update

2012-11-25 Thread Zack Exley
Hi all, We have some information on the fundraiser launch to share. We are still planning on launching Monday, November 26, but we're going to make a change this year in the timing of campaigns around the world. Every year, as we get closer to the launch date, we test more frequently and discove