We had to endure Jimmy Wales' irritating face in all manner of strange poses and lighting conditions for several months while he casually demanded £16 million for "server costs" (not sure how much it was in dollars). That banner was on the homepage for far too long, and was pariodied pretty much everywhere. But finally, we raised the money. After a few days, Wikipedia's three coders, each apparently on a 6-figure salary, realised this and removed the banner. 

Look at this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Another banner. This time about their stupid anniversary, because apparently Wikipedia was founded in 2001 and just not used for three or four years.

Who the hell would go to a Wikipedia party?

At least it's better than the interim banner, which begged you to edit Wikipedia, because apparently several million editors and over 1000 moderators isn't enough for Mr. Wales.

so much hate.

*sees no banner* it's just you... they are just out to get you.. it's personal..

You do realize that there's a small X for closing the banner with in the top right corner, right?

Did you donate? Maybe that unlocks a secret section of the code and removes the banner.

Hell, my AdBlock is set to block ads on Wikipedia, and that is quite blatantly an ad (even though Jimmy claims that his site has no ads).

That's just hateful. The banner begging for donations was ridiculous, but they're just inviting you to celebrate with this one. Nothing wrong with that considering you can close it.

Um. Well, I, er...

Maybe.

Unfortunately, I just realised that :/

I'll get it locked. This thread never existed. You never saw this thread. I have five fingers raised, not four.

Nope.. didn't donate.. saw no ad and so I haven't got an X in the corner and no ad block

Wait... that means I didn't get invited to the party!!! :(