Angela wrote:

I expect that using the logo for advertising

Wikipedia would come

under fair use/fair dealing. A related question

though would be

whether the Foundation should be approving

advertising before it is

sent out.

Angela.

I do not think so.

Power should stay in the hand of people; we should be careful that this is never forgotten, because empowering people to act, and avoiding decision making bottlenecks is what is making wiki work. We should assume good faith of editors with regards to relationships they have with the outside, not ask them to ask permission to Foundation to try to make wikipedia more famous.

I think it is up to any editor to check what another editor is doing. If it is discovered one editor is doing wrong and hurting wikipedia by inappropriate advertisment, then it is his peers job to tell him so and to make him stop. If that is not enough, then peers should warn the Foundation about it, so that the Foundation make act from a more legal perspective.

The Foundation is here to help and support the development of the project, not to make decisions for people.

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Practically speaking, the ad looks good. French people are happy with it, so I do not think there is *any* type of authorisation to get from the Foundation.

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