oh, I forgot, the advertizers also would only get the pages they chose, not all relivant
pages. (or, for $5 for wikipedia, someone at wikipedia can find them by hand).
Daniel Ehrenberg <littledanehren(a)yahoo.com> wrote:No, I think it would be ok to have
advertizers sponsor pages. Here is an expansion on the idea. The ad is in small text and
simply says:this page sponsored by [[Toyota]]. with a link to their *wikipedia* article.
If one doesn't exist, they can write one, but it still must be NPOV. This type of
low-impact advertizing often has (ironically) the biggest effect because people aren't
as annoyed. A wikipedian could also sponsor the page with a link to their userpage. More
than one person or company could sponsor a page. The homepage couldn't be sponsored.
Each sponsor request would be screened to prevent linking [[Toyota|Toyota, the beat car
company in the world]]. I would cost, say, $1 for 100 impressions, to encourage low-budget
advertizers and users to sponsor things. I don't think this would lower our academic
credibility at all.
--LittleDan
Erik Moeller <erik_moeller(a)gmx.de> wrote:
Michael-
An interesting way to offer advertising, would be to
offer to let people
sponsor pages. This is done with Highways, (i.e. This section of
highway sponsored by such and such). I think many users would like this
idea, and would sponsor pages they contributed heavily to, and you could
offer packages for "advertisers" outside of the project like mentioned
above, (using some sort of algorithm to figure out what pages are
relevant) and then offer a price per page type thing.
Any kind of advertising will hurt our credibility as an educational
project. Once the Nupedia Foundation is set up[1], raising money should be
easy enough.
Regards,
Erik
[1] A phrase which will in future times be listed alongside similar
phrases like
"Once Duke Nukem Forever is released"
"Once fusion power becomes ! feasible"
"Once copyright terms are reduced to 14 years".
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