On 25/01/2008, White Cat wikipedia.kawaii.neko@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, Yahoo and Google are donating money, not images. Entirely irrelevant. Donations from Google or yahoo come with no strings attached to the money. They expect not that we advertise them. Also donations do not directly come from companies but from their sub charity organizations that throw money on various humanitarian projects.
Promoting your own self or your own company on wikipedia is a conflict of interest. People have been banned indefinitely for doing so. Wikipedia is not a site for people to use to advertise. Our content will never be determined by the amount of cash people throw at us. This is something very important.
I don't know what you're getting at. Uploading a picture for us to use in exchange for credit may be a form of advertising, but there is no conflict of interest. We're under no obligation to use the image, so there is no neutrality problem involved.