[Foundation-l] Jimmy Wales donation appeal

[Delirium]

I assume most of you at least occasionally read one of the Wikimedia 
websites so probably saw this in a sitenotice, but I thought it was a 
very well done appeal, concisely highlighting exactly what we do, why 
it's different than what most people do, and why we're worth donating 
to, so worth pointing out:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate/Letter/en

Worriers about the perennial suggestions to put advertising somewhere on 
the site(s) might also like what appears to be the closest to a no-ads 
pledge I've seen so far: "Like a national park or a school, we don't 
believe advertising should have a place in Wikipedia".

-Mark