[Foundation-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

[F.-F. Duron]

Yes, but maybe you can control the partnerships you're making! Wikipedia is
one of the most visited websites in the world. Don't you think there is a
problem here??

2011/1/21 Béria Lima <y1030903 at mail.aesbuc.pt>

> I did what he ask:
>
> http://fr.wikiwix.com/index.php?title=Sp%C3%A9cial%3ARecherche&redirs=1&action=sex&fulltext=Search&searchengineselect=wikiwix&ns0=1
>
> But note that now you are not anymore in french wikipedia, but in Wikiwix.
> And we can't control what they put on their site.
> _____
> *Béria Lima*
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>
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> livre
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> fazer.*
>
>
> 2011/1/21 Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com>
>
> > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:52 PM, F.-F. Duron <ff.duron at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > No, it's not a mirror site. This french start-up is making all its
> > business
> > > with Wikipedia. This company has a cache system and some kind of search
> > > engine that are both integrated by default in the french Wikipedia. I
> > don't
> > > know if other Wikipedias use it.
> > >
> > > Try doing a search on the word "sex" in Wikipedia fr (
> > > http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Recherche ) with the option
> > "Wikiwix".
> > > You will see ads related to porn sites, escort girl sites (!!),
> > viagra....
> > >
> > > Well, it's certainly a good deal for this start-up... But how is that
> > > possible??
> > >
> > > Such partnership is simply... unbelievable.
> > >
> >
> > I performed the search you suggested (here is the link:
> >
> >
> http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sp%C3%A9cial%3ARecherche&redirs=0&search=sex+wikiwix&fulltext=Search&searchengineselect=mediawiki&ns0=1
> > )
> > and did not find any advertisements. Perhaps you are mistaken?
> >
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