--- Dedalus <dedalus(a)wikipedia.be> wrote:
Somebody else mentioned the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation. It's in the
press they would like to raise the level of primary and secondary education
in the US. Wikiversity and or Wikibooks might be helpful in raising the
level of education there and elsewhere. Suppose the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation would like to grant some money to WMF on the condition that it
would be for specific projects, e.g. Wikibooks or Wikiversity, would that
raise any objections by anyone?
Not by me. Also, the charge that the current message is an advertisement sounds bizarre to
me
since no product or service is even mentioned, let alone pushed.
The message is simply an acknowledgement of a very generous donation that is linked to the
amount
of money our readers can give in a day; this is an inducement to donate. It is NOT an
inducement
to buy any product or service of Virgin Unite or the Virgin group of companies.
This is no different than the sponsorship messages seen or heard on the non-profits NPR
and PBS.
In short, I believe Brad Patrick and his team are
doing a perfect job to
keep the WMF and the websites up and running.
Ditto.
-- mav
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