[WikiEN-l] Regarding Advertising on Wikipedia

[Axel Boldt]

--- Tony Wilson <list at redhill.net.au> wrote:
> LittleDan wrote:
> >Why does everyone oppose advertizing? I it's descrete enough, it's
> >not intrusive and doesn't lower our credibility.
> 
> I'll give you 10 reasons.

Nice! Maybe you should add them to [[m:Advertising on Wikipedia]].

> 4: Because users have to pay per MB bandwidth charges to look at ads
> they don't want to see.

This seems to me the most concise one: ads on the site mean that the
site would not be "free" anymore. People would have to pay indirectly
both with dollars and with annoyance/distraction.

Axel

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