On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Magnus Manske magnusmanske@googlemail.com wrote:
I'm not here to discuss the wording of the fundraising slogans yet again, but this one screams "legal trouble":
Wikipedia. Ad-free forever. [Progress bar] [Donate now button]
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.
Strange, I'd interpret it as "Wikipedia will be ad-free forever. Now, hand over the cash."
But afaik the foundation has never said such a thing. The last I heard was Jimbo saying "not anytime soon, and only if there is some major shift in public opinion".
Steve