In any case,
Jimbo already explicitly promised that there
will never be
ads on Wikipedia as long as he has a say in it, so I don't
see why this
is an issue.
Has he? I thought it was just "There won't be ads as long as the
community doesn't want them". I'd like to read more of the history of
this topic, if anyone has a link.
I'm having trouble finding the original mailing list post, but there was
a pretty explicit post to that effect. I was able to find a 2002 letter
by Mav that paraphrases Jimbo as having said that: "Jimbo has also
promised that there will never be ads on Wikipedia. I will personally
advocate that this is written in the preamble for the non-profit's
constitution or in some other way to make it permanent."
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