--- Ben Emmel bratsche1@gmail.com wrote:
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1962714,00.html
In an interview, Jimbo discusses the possibilities of ads eventually on the Wikipedia, due to the huge number of page views that we get.
Also mentioned is the large-scale rejection of ads by the "wikitopeans" [sic] in the community.
The use of that non-word should be a good indication of the quality of the reporting.
All Jimmy did was state the blindingly obvious; that we are literally giving up millions of dollars of potential revenue that could be used to further the foundation's goal of providing free knowledge to everybody.
But *nothing* will happen w/o community consent. The community just needs to be fully informed of all sides of the issue.
-- mav
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