[Foundation-l] wikimedia fundraiser

[Bod Notbod]

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3:17 PM, luke lenny <lennybodomas1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> why can't wikimedia publish advertisements and generate revenue and
> become self-reliant,self-sustainable  , instead of asking for funds
> from user every year again and again...

There's a number of issues. But painting it in broad terms; although
advertising might make the projects *financially* stable, it may not
make their *content* stable. That's to say, a lot of contributors /
volunteers / editors might leave.

I'd argue with your terminology, though.

You say that advertising would make the Foundation "self-reliant and
self-sustainable". It wouldn't be though, would it? It would be
reliant on advertisers and sustained by advertisers.

Bodnotbod