On 12/31/05, Delirium <delirium(a)hackish.org>
wrote:
Wikipedia is *supposed* to be strange compared to
the rest,
though.
In addition to being strange in having no ads,
we're also
strange in
licensing our content under the GFDL, rather than
the more standard
"All Rights Reserved" that Microsoft, Slashdot, CNN, et al use.
That and that "you can edit this page" nonsense...
With respect, this is a fairly strange line of argument. Objectively,
there is nothing particularly bizarre or strange about Wikipedia as an
online community. There are other wikis, there are other collaborative
projects, there are other online forums etc etc. So all of that is not
in itself a reason to say "Wikipedia is so different that it makes sense
for it to continue being different by having no ads".
Or maybe there's an ideological connection between GFDL and adlessness
that I (and slashdot,
linux.org and others...) don't (yet) see.
Steve