Robert Scott Horning wrote:
Or more to the point, I think that starting a
geneology project is
actually going to be a significant source of revenue for the Wikimedia
Foundation rather than being a drag on the resources. And a geneology
database increases significantly in value as it grows. I can't say what
the critical number would be, but having over a million names would
certainly be a significant milestone to make any project, and people
have paid some large amounts of money ($1,000's) for much smaller
databases that might have some information they are looking for, or are
even willing to do international travel just to get a few additional
names and references.
Probabably so, and by charging very modest fees at that. The question
to ask then, given the massive number of genealogical websites out
there, what can we do that will make our site more desirable than all
the others.
Surely the Wikimedia Foundation isn't going to charge fees, I thought it was
non-profit. Have I misunderstood what you are saying?