Yes, I also thought that was interesting. To invert the presentation of the statistics, 33% of users did mind the banners and 45% were irritated by them. These are actually quite high numbers in my view.
(Not to say that the decision to proceed with these banners is wrong, which is a much more complicated topic, and full credit to the fundraising team for firstly conducting and secondly publishing this research). On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Chris Koerner <nob...@gmail.com> wrote: > In light of this recent conversation I found this quote to be of interest. > > "Wikipedia readers tend not to be bothered by the fundraising messages they > see on Wikipedia. Two-thirds (67%) say they don’t mind them, and a majority > (55%) say they are not annoyed by these messages. Roughly equal shares of > readers do (44%) and don’t (41%) pay attention to these messages, according > to their self-reports." > > From > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Reader_Survey_November_2015.pdf > > I'm merely presenting for reference. > > Yours, > Chris Koerner > clkoerner.com > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>