2009/12/15 Delphine Ménard <notafishz(a)gmail.com>om>:
Just so I understand your argument. Were Jimmy Wales
to lend his name
and good will to support a cause {insert here name of noble cause you
believe in}, I suppose you would summarize his help as "oh, he's
trying to get his company to get a better image"? Wait, I'm probably
starting a troll here. Replace Jimmy Wales with "whatever known
person" you can think of.
Did it ever occur to you that real people _aren't_ the company they
founded/bought/are taking care of?
The text of the advert:
"Craig of Craigslist urges you to support Wikipedia. Why?"
In that context the separation between person and company is rather weak.
And whether it is Craig Newmark, the Dalai Lama, the
Pope or my
neighbours, if their "supporting" a good cause actually works and
money comes in and awareness rises, frankly, I say "go ahead" and
"thanks for all your help".
So you are okey with adverts on wikipedia as long as they are ah
""supporting" a good cause"? Third parties supporting wikipedia is
one
thing. At the cost of advertsing their company on one in five page
views of wikipedia? No that is quite another.
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geni