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

Robert Rohde rarohde at gmail.com
Mon Mar 10 17:29:46 UTC 2008


On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Delirium <delirium at hackish.org> wrote:

> 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.
>

Keep in mind that funding crunches could also lead to disaffection and
forking.  There is risk associated with not having stable funding mechanisms
just as there is risk with trying to create one.

-Robert Rohde


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