[Wikipedia-l] public service ads in Wikipedia?

[NSK]

Hi

I decided to donate advertising space to various charities and open-source 
projects, and I recently contacted www.adcouncil.org about running public 
service advertisements on my website, http://www.wikinerds.org . So, I 
thought whether you would be interested to donate advertising space for their 
ads (or of any other similar agency - do you know any?) in Wikipedia. 
AdCouncil's campaigns include ads about the tsunami, smoking, education, 
discrimination, etc. Have you discussed about this possibility? I think it 
would benefit many people.

Some campaigns you may be interested in:

http://www.adcouncil.org/campaigns
http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com
http://www.eff.org/br
http://thankpoland.info/

I know in the past you were negative towards software patent banners, or even 
Firefox buttons, but I think you should reconsider. I am sure the majority of 
Wikipedians would support these campaigns.

By running public service ads you can remain totally non-commercial and help 
your readers get informed about various issues.

In addition, I am accepting banners and image buttons for linking to your own 
project, if you have started anything interesting about science or 
open-source software. So, if any Wikipedian wants to be linked from my site, 
just send me your site address and 88x31 button and I will consider it. Of 
course, Wikipedians who would like to promote science and the nerd community 
can link back to my site if they want using images from 
http://portal.wikinerds.org/banners

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NSK
http://portal.wikinerds.org/