The fundraiser continues, with two banners, [1] and [2] adopted from community suggestions. A special page which tracks the banners is available here. According to Head of Community Giving Rand Montoya, the technical issue which caused problems with the way the new credit card process software reported donations in currencies other than US$ has been resolved.
Fundraiser response
Wikipedia should have received by now the Nobel Prize for Peace. It is the first project to prove that human cooperation on a global scale is not only possible but very efficient too.
This table shows the statistics for days six through thirteen of the fundraiser, along with the equivalent data for the past two years. Donations to international chapters are excluded from these totals; although 50% of chapter revenue will be reinvested in the Foundation. Figures have been rounded to the nearest dollar.
A live feed of donor comments can be viewed here, and an overview of donations here.
Fundraiser 2009 statistics in comparison to previous fundraisers[4]
That's because, according to the stats it was used on a number of days from the 17 onwards. See here for instances of [5] and [6] being used. I didn't therefore feel confident enough to make the claim. Since Rand hasn't been posting updates recently, and since we reported it being placed into 20% rotation last week, and since I cobbled this together moments before publication, I figured it best to stick to certainties. HidingT13:36, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It was a bit of a slap in the face that Wikipedia paid an outside company to create an ad campaign when they have 11 million registered user who freely generate content. Many who both already understand the philosophy behind Wikipedia and are obviously willing to contribute.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 14:07, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I don't understand why the WMF prefers to use professionals who can be held accountable for their work rather than relying on the talents of our volunteer amateur designers. They did such a great job coming up with new designs for our main page after all. ROTFL! Kaldari (talk) 17:14, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Wikimedian would have tend to make banner for wikimedian. I think it's better to have some external pro to reach non-wikipeida-related people. DarkoNekox18:14, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Why can't a volunteer be held accountable? Is it because the professional gets paid to do it (while volunteers, by definition, do not)? mike4ty4 (talk) 02:58, 26 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
All the figures are taken from here. You have to knock a day off their stats, since I've followed the numbering from the last report. But beyond that, they matched as of some short time, no more than an hour before 11:41, 24 November 2009, although granted, there's been a little movement in the numbers since then, likely down to the technical issues mentioned in the two signpost reports. You'd have to check with Rand, because I know I transcribed the figures accurately. HidingT14:08, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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