[Foundation-l] Re: Fact-index.com financially supports the Wikimedia Foundation

[Michael Snow]

Angela_ wrote:

>On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 14:11:51 +0000 (UTC), Walter Vermeir
><walter at wikipedia.be> wrote:
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>>*Fact-index.com financially supports the Wikimedia Foundation*. Is this true?
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>Fact-index have made a substantial donation to the Foundation. Plans
>are being made to detail this, and other significant donations, on the
>http://wikimediafoundation.org website in future.
>
Fact-index is a mirror that apparently makes its money by combining 
Wikipedia content with Google ads. With them donating some of this money 
to the Foundation, the end result is that Wikipedia manages to raise 
money through advertising even though Wikipedia itself remains free of 
commercial advertising. Having your cake and eating it too is an 
impressive trick.

--Michael Snow