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nawrich at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 7:17 AM Views: 17421 Permalink Donation banner and strongly negative reactions Here are some areas on the English Wikipedia where the donation drive and banner have been discussed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gadget/proposals#Bring_Back_Hide_Fundraiser_Notice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Will_the_ugly_banner_go_away.3F http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#.22Support_Wikipedia:_a_non-profit_project._Donate_Now_.3E.3E.22 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Will_the_ugly_banner_go_away.3F It has also been discussed a few times on the #wikipedia-en IRC channel. I don't know if other projects have had similar reactions, but I do know that some projects have disabled the banner. It was for a time not available on the Spanish Wikipedia, and remains unavailable (last I checked) at the Russian Wikibooks. A quick survey of interwiki links on the en.wp Barack Obama page suggests that most or all Wikipedia projects are displaying the banner now. My observation is that the comments have been almost universally negative, and in fact a number of people - including long time administrators and previous donors - have said that this year they will not be donating at all. Reasons have included the banner itself, a sense that the foundation does not use its money appropriately, or concerns related to allegations made by Danny Wool last spring. I don't remember this sort of strong negative reaction before - is it expected? Are we seeing something a little different this year in terms of reaction? Has it translated into any change in the pace of donations? Nathan _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l [at] lists Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l

Subject User Time Donation banner and strongly negative reactions nawrich at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 7:17 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions innocentkiller at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 7:52 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions gerard.meijssen at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 7:58 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions majorly.wiki at googlemail Nov 7, 2008, 8:01 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions majorly.wiki at googlemail Nov 7, 2008, 8:02 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions bryan.tongminh at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 8:07 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions rarohde at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 8:24 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions gmaxwell at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 8:45 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions guillom.pom at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 9:22 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions bryan.tongminh at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 9:34 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions mgodwin at wikimedia Nov 7, 2008, 9:43 AM         Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions fordmadoxfraud at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 9:55 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions jwales at wikia-inc Nov 7, 2008, 11:04 AM         Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions majorly.wiki at googlemail Nov 7, 2008, 11:10 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions jwales at wikia-inc Nov 7, 2008, 11:18 AM         Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions gmaxwell at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 11:24 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions majorly.wiki at googlemail Nov 7, 2008, 11:28 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions shimgray at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 11:37 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions gmaxwell at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 11:42 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions erik at wikimedia Nov 7, 2008, 11:47 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions gmaxwell at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 11:49 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions gerard.meijssen at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 11:59 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions brion at wikimedia Nov 7, 2008, 12:30 PM         Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions tim at tim-landscheidt Nov 7, 2008, 1:40 PM             Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions brion at wikimedia Nov 7, 2008, 2:08 PM         Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions pjacobi.de at googlemail Nov 8, 2008, 11:59 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions brion at wikimedia Nov 7, 2008, 12:32 PM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions cbrown1023.ml at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 12:55 PM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions nawrich at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 1:03 PM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions innocentkiller at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 1:40 PM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions dgerard at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 1:53 PM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions dgerard at gmail Nov 7, 2008, 1:54 PM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions Anthere9 at yahoo Nov 8, 2008, 12:31 AM         Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions saintonge at telus Nov 8, 2008, 12:38 PM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions Platonides at gmail Nov 9, 2008, 11:09 AM         Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions bdamokos at gmail Nov 9, 2008, 11:14 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions rarohde at gmail Nov 9, 2008, 11:25 AM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions walter at wikipedia Nov 9, 2008, 11:54 AM         Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions gmaxwell at gmail Nov 9, 2008, 12:54 PM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions email at mikepeel Nov 9, 2008, 2:08 PM         Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions gmaxwell at gmail Nov 9, 2008, 3:04 PM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions Anthere9 at yahoo Nov 10, 2008, 12:44 AM         Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions eflebeth at googlemail Nov 10, 2008, 1:59 PM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions gerard.meijssen at gmail Nov 10, 2008, 2:10 PM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions gerard.meijssen at gmail Nov 10, 2008, 2:14 PM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions gerard.meijssen at gmail Nov 10, 2008, 2:24 PM     Re: Donation banner and strongly negative reactions Anthere9 at yahoo Nov 11, 2008, 1:43 AM

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