Tim Starling wrote:
If a Wikimedia chapter wants to buy servers for their
language wiki to
avoid slow, poor-quality service or site-wide advertising, then we
should give them our blessing.
I would oppose this idea very strongly. One of the most important
things for the future of the project is, indeed, to avoid forks. But
encouraging the division of ownership of the servers would absolutely
be a solid path to internal division and forking.
I remain opposed to advertising on the wikiepedia, period. I can't
really emphasize that enough.
--Jimbo