[Foundation-l] Advertisements?
Alex
mrzmanwiki at gmail.com
Thu Mar 20 16:50:36 UTC 2008
Jimmy Wales wrote:
> Alex wrote:
>> Jimmy Wales wrote:
>>> I take no sides in this discussion,
>> ...
>>
>>> I remain opposed to putting ads in Wikipedia. (I have to say that in
>>> case anyone wants to suggest the opposite.)
>>>
>> Isn't that one of the sides?
>
> Uhm, I meant that I did not mean to be taking sides on the particular
> detailed question of whether advertising necessarily compromises
> neutrality, etc. I just wanted to say that at least one worst case
> scenario (POV pushing ads for political candidates, offensive ads, etc.)
> doesn't strike me as compelling.
>
> Sorry for the confusion.
>
Sorry for misquoting, I guess I wasn't quite sure what you meant by
"discussion" and just assumed it was the top-level one.
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Alex (w:en:User:Mr.Z-man)
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