[Foundation-l] LA Times article / Advertising in Wikipedia

Delirium delirium at hackish.org
Mon Mar 10 17:22:33 UTC 2008


Nathan wrote:
> FYI. The discussion about advertising will never be completely closed,
> expect it to come up again and again. Conservative advertising could easily
> be managed through relatively minimal use of Google ads or another ad
> server, particularly now that we have a professionalizing staff. Involving
> contributors by asking for donations is great - relying on the continued
> generosity of these contributors to put the foundation on a sound footing
> for the long term is irresponsible.
>   
However risking the disaffection of a significant proportion of the 
editors, or even a possible fork, is not particularly responsible either.

-Mark




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