1) Yes everyone realizes that using a non free image in our fundraising
banners is not okay. It was a mistake. These things happen and we correct
them.
2) When is it okay to run smaller commercial ads rather than larger
fundraising banners? Never. I would much rather see the WMF become smaller
than to see ads run.
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James Heilman
MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine
www.opentextbookofmedicine.com
As of July 2015 I am a board member of the Wikimedia Foundation
My emails; however, do not represent the official position of the WMF