Wikipedia:Requests for comment/5 millionth article banner


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There are currently Special:Statistics. The deadline for the voting is when the article counter strikes 4,999,000. This will give the team of editors making the necessary preparations, about a day to fix everything in time for the big 5M.

Please only endorse one banner, although you may comment on any of them.

General discussion regarding the RfC as a whole can be found on the project talk page.

Proposed length of time for site banner display

 * The site banner should stay up for 10 days.
 * Support - Pinel (talk) 08:43, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Support - Checkingfax (talk) 09:27, 27 October 2015 (UTC)


 * The site banner should stay up for 14 days.
 * Support - Lawrencedepe (talk) 11:34, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Banner A large



 * Support with large displays in mind. --Pine✉ 08:43, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Per CentralNotice/Usage guidelines, banners like these need to be as unobtrusive as possible. I had envisioned the banner being very simple and actually not needing an RfC to design. Perhaps a Wikipedia logo and a link that says "Wikipedia has reached 5 million articles Click here to learn more" on a white background. This one looks too distracting and clashes sharply with the professional theme of the encyclopedia. The most important thing we want to promote is still article content. Mz7 (talk) 18:11, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * See here for a good template to follow for design. Mz7 (talk) 18:15, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

General comments

 * - Where will the banner be used? Cheers!  09:23, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * These banners (so far) look unprofessional and out of Wikipedia's house style. I don't think they're really necessary.  Rcsprinter123    (blab)  09:51, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Are there any design specs for such banners, such as exact or maximum width, or maximum depth? Stevie is the man!  Talk • Work 11:02, 27 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I agree with Rcsprinter's comment. I doubt that it's necessary to have a banner - isn't a logo enough? APerson (talk!) 13:39, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * This RfC presupposes that a banner is necessary. I agree with that one is not necessary. I agree with  that the current selection is inadequate. I would certainly prefer no banner to the sole option currently proposed. IMO this process has also been instigated too late - the 4,999,000 article will arrive too soon for sufficient designs to be created and adequately discussed. --LukeSurlt c 15:25, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd say that a simple site notice linking to our letter should be sufficient. --Jakob (talk)  aka Jakec  17:33, 27 October 2015 (UTC)


 * As I stated above, Wikimedia projects have guidelines and a process for how Central Notice banners are to be designed and implemented. See meta:Help:CentralNotice and CentralNotice/Usage guidelines. Particularly, banners need to be unobtrusive. And based on what I'm seeing, it looks a bit more complicated to actually design and implement a Central Notice banner than something you throw together in a photo editing application. My advice is to withdraw this RfC and post on meta-wiki asking for help. I originally envisioned something simple, something like File:Centralnotice-template.JPG. Best, Mz7 (talk) 18:25, 27 October 2015 (UTC)


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