[WikiEN-l] Ad-free forever?

[stevertigo]

Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:
> That is really eye-catchingly different. One became 14 million. 270
> languages is (superficially at least) also very impressive. I suppose
> they might use the number of daily edits next as well.

Eh. If you came up with this one though, how much would you charge for it?

> On the negative side, the "great, great, great, grandson/daughter" one
> made me cringe. Even more than the "Wikipedia Forever" one. It seemed
> to distract from the utility people have for Wikipedia right here and
> now.

The issue behind both was endurance - futurism, and Wikipedia's place
in it (and who better to wax about that than a bunch of ad execs with
a total of maybe ten edits amongst them).  Do you have some particular
*issue with reproducing and then leaving the planet and all your stuff
behind?  ;-)

-Stevertigo