[WikiEN-l] Mention that Bomis hosts Wikipedia

Jimmy Wales jwales at bomis.com
Wed May 28 00:25:38 UTC 2003


It isn't necessary, and may not be desirable, as Bomis isn't NPOV.  :-)



Geoffrey Thomas wrote:

> The bottom of [[fr:Accueil]], the French Wikipedia's home page, contains the text "Site
> gracieusement hébergé par _Bomis_", with a link to the website. Loosely translated, it says, "Site
> graciously hosted by Bomis." Should we add something like this to the [[en:Main Page]], e.g.,
> "Thanks to [[Bomis]] (www.bomis.com) for hosting the Wikipedia!"? It's awfully nice of them to
> provide for what's probably the last big site on the Internet without banner ads and popups; we
> really ought to say thanks somehow, and at the least give them a bit of traffic.
> 
> -Geoffrey
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