Bod NotBod wrote:
Basically I wanted to present an idea for increasing Wikipedia's funding by encouraging people to place more book references at the end of articles.
I understand that there was a controversy about Amazon in the past, but according to...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Book_sources
...Wikipedia earns a commission on people who purchase through...
Many of us only accepted the existence of Amazon's kickbacks because it wouldn't change our editorial policy. I would certainly be more inclined to terminate the Amazon agreement than to encourage readers to buy books.
If you think we need more books for informational purposes, write that on the proposed policy and to-do pages. There's no need to mention the funding issue.
-- Tim Starling