[Foundation-l] Re: Answers.com and Wikimedia Foundation to Form NewPartnership

Anthere anthere9 at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 25 13:12:34 UTC 2005


Delirium wrote:

> Anthony DiPierro wrote:
> 
>> 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.
>>
> Well, if the Foundation really wanted to find out, they could issue an 
> ultimatum---we're starting GoogleAds tomorrow, and anyone opposed to 
> advertising on Wikipedia can get out (and good riddance!).
> 
> Of course, they are unlikely to do so. =]
> 
> -Mark

That discussion already occured amongst ourselves some months ago, and 
the conclusion of the discussion is currently visible (or... rather... 
not visible precisely) on the website.

Ant




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