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

[Anthony DiPierro]

On 1/10/06, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> Only putting it on watchlists and recent changes would exclude anons and
> certain newbies, which is good for arbcom elections but not for fundraisers.
> A lot of funds comes from people who find Wikipedia useful, but don't edit
> themselves.
>
> I don't consider it begging. I'm sure they'd be more upset with constant
> adverts instead of occasional fundraiser notices.
>
> Mgm

I'm sure others disagree, but I'd certainly prefer targetted
advertisements to begging for money, especially since there's no "I
just gave you money two days ago now stop bothering me" button.