[WikiEN-l] FW: Regarding Advertising on Wikipedia

[Lee Pilich]

At 14:51 01/06/2003 -0400, Michael Becker wrote:
>There are tons of ads on dictionary.com, but people still use that a
>lot.  Some time, we may have to decide between canceling the project,
>and inserting ads.  If it comes to that, I don't mind ads, especially if
>they are easily disabled through preferences.  If anyone has any moral
>objections, please explain them.

It's not a moral objection, but I don't think our credibility would be 
helped by having an advert for, say, the new Blur album flashing away on 
[[Britpop]]. Imagine an ad for the new season at La Scala mid-way through 
Britannica's article on opera. Aside from the fact that adverts are bloody 
annoying, we're meant to be neutral, you know.

Anyway, this isn't really an issue for us mortals, but for Jimbo (who, 
after all, is the guy who pays for all this), and if I remember correctly 
he's said he has no intentions to add advertising at this stage. Hopefully, 
when the non-profit is set up we'll all be able to make donations to keep 
the Wikipedia running in a way that will make adverts unnecessary.

LP (camembert)
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