On 10/24/05, Dori slowpoke@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/24/05, Anthony DiPierro wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
"If the stacks of money is better than editors and readers, then the foundations should go for it."
Without stacks of money, there will be no editors or readers. Without
the
generous donations of Jimbo and Bomis (who made their money off of - get this - advertising), there would be no Wikipedia.
There wouldn't be a Wikipedia without editors either.
You're not claiming that having advertising is going to cause *all* editors to leave, are you?
I can't for the life of me understand why people "a bunch of editors and
readers" would leave over something like this. I also don't think it'd
be a
bad thing to get rid of the people who think this way.
Yes, and for the life of me I can't understand why you don't have a successful fork and community. Advertising - check, Not afraid to get rid of whiny editors - check
I'm really not sure what you're getting at there. Are you saying if I got rid of the ads on McFly I'd have a successful fork? If so, remind me to laugh my ass off. (BTW, since adding the ads my readership has gone up, not down).
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Dori
Anthony