Donate few bucks to Wikipedia (We're all using it on a daily basis, aren't we?)

Re:Donate few bucks to Wikipedia (We're all using it on a da... by SimplePast on Thursday November 25, 2010 @06:20AM (#1939971)

Yeah sure, but the Jimmy Wales's picture on every page annoys me ! IMAO the last year compaign is better ...

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Re:Donate few bucks to Wikipedia (We're all using it on a da... by toolate on Thursday November 25, 2010 @06:51AM (#1940012)

For 15 times as many donations as text based ads (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1912983) I think it's worth it.

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Re:Donate few bucks to Wikipedia (We're all using it on a da... by chappi42 on Thursday November 25, 2010 @07:02AM (#1940037)

+ 1

Even disabled the banner with 'Special:BannerController' in AdBlock.

Thought, I'd give again this year but after the banner didn't go away and the equally annoying pledge email they lost me (no donaion for this year).

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Re:Donate few bucks to Wikipedia (We're all using it on a da... by FluidDjango on Thursday November 25, 2010 @07:18AM (#1940070)

Annoyed me, too. Feel free to discover the tiny 'x' in upper right corner. Closed once, Jimmy's pitch will stay away thanks to cookies.

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Re:Donate few bucks to Wikipedia (We're all using it on a da... by tzury on Thursday November 25, 2010 @06:27AM (#1939978)

I think it will automatically disappear once all of us would donate...

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Re:Donate few bucks to Wikipedia (We're all using it on a da... by rodh257 on Thursday November 25, 2010 @07:13AM (#1940059)

There's something about that picture that makes me really not want to donate. I understand it's working on others and its probably silly of me but something just puts me off.

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Re:Donate few bucks to Wikipedia (We're all using it on a da... by raquo on Thursday November 25, 2010 @07:24AM (#1940079)

I suspect that particular one has the highest "conversion" rate.

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