[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia public relations

[Stephen Gilbert]

> Chuck Smith <msochuck at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I was thinking the other day that the goals of
> Wikipedia are in line with those of Unesco and I was
> wondering if we could somehow try to become officially
> connected with Unesco to gain a better reputation.  We
> might also be able to get significant financial grants
> from them in this way.
> 

Looks good on the surface. However official connections with other
organizations may bring certain responsibilities and restrictions we
would be better off no dealing with. It's something to look into.

> Also, I think it would good if we could put the
> Wikipedia project and the Wikimedia foundation in the
> TakingItGlobal database which is a database for
> activists, so that we can connect.  TIG works as an
> umbrella organization for other non-profits.

Well, maybe. I don't know anything about TIG. 
> 
> I know people are going to yell at me, but I think
> Google AdSense would produce an incredible amount of
> money for the project.  We could show them to
> anonymous users and people who log in could turn them
> off if they wanted.  Well anyway, it's just a
> suggestion, don't bite my head off.

Yell, yell, rant, flame, etc, etc. No ads, please. It's not that I think
that all advertising in all forms is evil, but it's really nice to
have an ad-free space for everyone to work in. Plus, many people will
quit on principle. The possibility of advertising seems to have been a
major factor in the Spanish fork.

Stephen Gilbert