[WikiEN-l] Advertising on Wikipedia

[Marc Riddell]

>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Steve Summit <scs at eskimo.com> wrote:
>>> Somehow, whenever the topic of advertising on Wikipedia is
>>> discussed, I always miss the description of the goals which are
>>> financially unsupportable without the kinds of income which can
>>> only be achieved through advertising.  What are they?  What is
>>> it that we're failing to do today due to lack of money?

> Nathan wrote:
>> Honestly? You can't think if anything the Foundation could do with more
>> money, or a more stable stream of income?

on 8/18/08 4:33 PM, Steve Summit at scs at eskimo.com wrote:
> 
> But that's not what I asked.  I asked what the Foundation *needed*
> more money for, what it was currently failing at without more money.
> (And you didn't answer either question.)

Yes, Nathan, please answer Steve's question; because it is my question as
well. Just what exactly are these "long-term goals" that would require an
increased, steady source of funds?

And, Angela, improving the search engine and hiring some developers is the
type of thing Foundations raise funds for in the first place; that's what
Foundations are there for.

Marc Riddell