On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:47 PM, David Goodman dgoodmanny@gmail.com wrote:
There is no acceptable compromise on advertising. [...]
As a librarian, I can say that the freedom from advertising is a major
reason why an educational institution would tell people that there is some reason to trust wikipedia to be impartial, if not necessarily perfectly accurate. [...]
Your impassioned reply to my dispassionate discussion of adverts is stripped of the context of my original e-mail on the subject. As I said earlier I am against displaying them. I would not like to be construed as Mr. Ad Guy, just the guy who was willing to discuss them with a cool head, thanks.
That aside, I'd like to see an example of an educational institution that recommends their students visit Wikipedia because it is an impartial source of information. A handful would really demonstrate the point.
Cheers, Brian