On May 19, 2004, at 4:32 PM, Erik Moeller wrote:
Jimmy-
Questia has offered to pay us $12 per signup through that link, but we would have to change the link to a tracking url.
I strongly oppose that. The reason is that this is a *link directory*. People expect these links to point to the website without going through some referrer system. We are first and foremost an encyclopedia, and encyclopedia content should *never* be tainted by any kind of sponsorship agreements.
What about a second, clearly marked link, to allow people to support Wikipedia consciously? We currently do this for Amazon.com on the Special:Booksources page. I don't know if this would count according to the offer.
Peter
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