On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Magnus Manske magnusmanske@googlemail.com wrote:
I'd interpret this as "if we reach $7.5M, Wikipedia will be ad-free forever". I really wish that'd be the case, but if not, people (from simple dudes to legal trolls) might come out of the woodwork screaming fraud.
Some might think that, but to me that means: "Help us keep Wikipedia Ad-free Forever -- donate." It's not a promise, it's a dedication to staying ad-free that we need help on from the donors. It address the "now" , while leaving open the possibility of ads in the future.