[WikiEN-l] Answers.com and Wikimedia Foundation to Form New Partnership

[Angela]

In a press release today
(<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051020/ukth030.html?.v=1>), The
Wikimedia Foundation announced a new partnership with Answers.com.

A proposal was made by Answers Corporation to add a link in the
sidebar of the English Wikipedia to the Wikipedia:Tools page
(<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools>).

That page will highlight the "1-Click Answers, Wikipedia Edition"
software. Revenues from this toolbar will be split with the Wikimedia
Foundation. The Board have signed up to a 60-day trial of this
proposal.

I would like to welcome comments on this, both before the launch early
next year, and during the trial period. The talk page at
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Tools/1-Click_Answers>
should be used so that comments can be kept in one place.

Angela.