[WikiEN-l] LA Times article / Advertising in Wikipedia

[Brian Salter-Duke]

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:08:24 +1000, Peter Ansell <ansell.peter at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/03/2008, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
>
>>  Having said that, the issue of public perception is absolutely vital,
>>  and you do make a perfectly good point.
>
> How many outsiders seriously think Wikipedia is of better quality
> because it doesn't have ads like every other site?
>
> I hope the idea of a dispassionate discussion can allow me to suggest
> that the influential editors within wikipedia have a certain viewpoint
> which is not representative of the actual readership who don't get
> involved in this issues. The net has come as far as it has because of
> advertising, not because of fundraising drives. That is a fact, not an
> NPOV opinion.

It is certainly why the net is full of crap. I think we aim to do
better.

> Peter
>
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