Hoi, I rather see the WMF pick up the work that it does not do. Money seems to be a dirty word but it is what makes some things possible. Money is raised by adverts. DEAL WITH IT
When people say that they rather see the WMF and its need for money become less, they typically are well served . They complain for ideological reasons about Wikipedia Zero and they have all the bandwidth in the world. They think the gender gap is so big but that is cultural. The excuses why countries like Syria are so badly served in Wikipedia are hardly expressed because as a problem it does not even register.
Wikidata, Wikisource suck big time in the usability department. For Wikidata the only tool that provides information from the data glut is Reasonator. For Wikisource the notion of readers is not really considered. Get real, we are immature and a lot of the big work is ahead of us not behind us. Consequently our need for funding will increase not decrease.
Having a centrally led fundraising is part of the problem. It is concerned about "global" issues and it does not even see the local need or opportunity. Consequently it does not raise the amount of money in countries like the Netherlands it could.
And now you want to curtail our future because some people dislike ads ? REALLY you should be ashamed, I dislike ads but I like our future more. Thanks, GerardM
On 4 December 2015 at 05:25, James Heilman jmh649@gmail.com wrote:
- Yes everyone realizes that using a non free image in our fundraising
banners is not okay. It was a mistake. These things happen and we correct them.
- When is it okay to run smaller commercial ads rather than larger
fundraising banners? Never. I would much rather see the WMF become smaller than to see ads run.
-- James Heilman MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine www.opentextbookofmedicine.com
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