Talk:Fundraising 2009/Donation buttons upgrade/Round1

Please use this page to discuss the button designs and selected messaging for both the buttons and the article. Rand Montoya 21:17, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Can we run all of these as a test on several thousand page views each to see which gets the most click-throughs emperically? 75.55.199.5 01:44, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Button 3

This one is my favourite, not sure way but I think it doesn't scream to the readers like the other ones. Huib talk 04:37, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Button 8

Floating Jimbo head? I know it's not intended to be a joke, but with the head, it sure looks like one. Credibility in the serious value of what we do is key for getting donations. A disembodied Jimbo head asking for money would undermine what credibility is afforded to Wikipedia/Wikimedia. -kotra 00:12, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Seriously, what could help our credibility more than raising the maximum amount of money? People expect the foundation to be able to offer more services, and if we aren't succeeding in our mission to summarize all human knowledge, then people would expect that we would use a less effective means of fundraising. Would you feel better if the perimeter of Jimbo's face was entirely inside the button? In any case, by all means, please lets run that too. HowDoIUseUnifiedLogin? 07:19, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Button Text

The meaning of "keep Wikipedia free for everyone" seems clear enough to me, but it occurs to me that some people -- remember that we're dealing with the general public, here -- might take that to mean we could potentially become a site accessible only to paying members; anyone else care to sanity check me on that? Luna Santin 23:28, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

I don't think that's a stretch. It could certainly be interpreted as "we may have to go to a paid subscription model", and I don't think anyone is seriously considering that. I can see WMF's desire to give people a tangible, urgent reason to donate, but I think we can do that without being misleading or alluding to nonexistent scenarios. It would be more accurate to say "keep Wikipedia ad-free" or "keep our servers running". The "free for everyone" does convey what's best about Wikipedia, which is good to mention, but it's not something that's likely to change, so putting "keep" in front of it is misleading. -kotra 00:52, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Hidable in preferences?

Would any of these options be collapsible/hidable via an option in preferences?--Rockfang 20:05, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

I'm sure we'll have a gadget that will eliminate it like with the fundraiser. Dispenser 15:46, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

More information

The explanation does not say if we remove "Donate to Wikipedia" in the interactivity section on the side bar. Nor does it say where the landing page will be, a project page, Jimbo's Personal appeal (my choice), or the money page? Dispenser 15:46, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Will Sue be writing a personal appeal this cycle?

If so, please ask her to get on with it. I would love to know whether people would be more likely to donate to Sue than Jimbo and to have a running contest between Jimbo and Sue to write the best appeal letter each year. HowDoIUseUnifiedLogin? 21:46, 4 July 2009 (UTC)