Why should it be? Why should we expect progress to stop with us? Why should we assume that nobody will devise an even better medium of collaboration than a wiki? Why should we even assume that the concept of internet encyclopedia will be relevant 8 years from now? As usenet went, so shall we.
On 10/23/07, Robert Rohde rarohde@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/23/07, Nick heligolandwp@googlemail.com wrote:
We need an open and sensible discussion about adverts, but I suspect this won't be happening. It's not upto the users now, it's solely upto the board and if they want to try and run Wikipedia on donations, it's their prerogative.
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Actually, there is another option. Some corporation could decide that $100M in advertising potential is a great incentive to try and build a better mousetrap.
A corporation willing to invest $10M could very credibly seek to fork Wikipedia, develop an advertising supported model, and introduce changes in the community structure that might attact new volunteers. It is not a sure thing by any means, but a large stable bankroll from advertising would go a long way. There is no guarantee that the most important internet encyclopedia in 2015 will be the one run by the WMF.
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