[WikiEN-l] Begging notices, external commercial distributors (was Ads on Wikipedia?)

[David Gerard]

Steve Bennett wrote:
>mav wrote:

>> Well, current appeal could be called "begging". As Mav explained
>> already, we are far from having enough right now to fulfill our first
>> trimester needs. And we finished the year on our reserves.
>> So, "begging"
>> makes sense.

>Sensible, but tacky. (IMVHO).


I got an email yesterday from an editor upset with the tacky begging
notices on every page, compared with the ArbCom election only being
advertised on the watchlists and recent changes ... neither of which I
actually use, and in fact I frequently advocate that wikistressed
editors abandon using a watchlist at all. I haven't used mine since
2004 and I'm much happier that way ;-)

It's a tricky one ... how to ask for money we're *really desperately
in need of*.


>> The problems associated with "selling hard copies" are
>> * making a partnership with a firm or organisation to
>> "produce the hard
>> copy" and then to "distribute" the content. Or should we set
>> up another
>> organisation to do that ourselves ?

>Surely online publishers would lap it up if someone did the hard work of
>filtering and cleaning up first.


The discussions so far seem to be ignoring that this has already
happened, and successfully for everyone involved, with de:. Can we do
that with en:? I'd REALLY LOVE TO!


- d.