Regular fundraising
As many may have noticed, at the end of each year, the Wikimedia Foundation is conducting a livelihood campaign. During this time, a large part of the budget is accumulated, and small and medium-sized donations play a significant role in them. For this reason, the foundation pays so much attention to attracting them. Each year, a banner is placed at the top of all pages, calling on all readers to sponsor their technical and administrative needs. At first, it was a single line, then a beautiful frame appeared, then the size increased dramatically, as a result of which the banner swelled a great deal, and in a collapsed state it occupied not much less space (your humble servant tried to argue with the Foundation officials that it should be reduced , but was sent in various forms). Finally, this is what awaits us this year:
(Picture taken from the official list. HTML-version here )
These are just some of the mottos. I will give a few more, in Russian and in English, so that you understand how the translators suffered:
Yes, all in upper case. To the question why they answered me that in the firm that had invented slogans, they considered that “all caps will be fine”.
(Picture taken from the official list. HTML-version here )
These are just some of the mottos. I will give a few more, in Russian and in English, so that you understand how the translators suffered:
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Yes, all in upper case. To the question why they answered me that in the firm that had invented slogans, they considered that “all caps will be fine”.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/74303/
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