[Wikipedia-l] public service ads in Wikipedia?

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Sat Feb 12 22:13:30 UTC 2005


NSK wrote:

>On Friday 11 February 2005 02:37, Mark Williamson wrote:
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>
>>Showing ads for, for example, anti-patent groups, gives the idea that
>>Wikipedia supports these groups.
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>There are anti-smoking, education, science/math or anti-discrimination ads, 
>too. I think it would be safe to show these ads.
>
Even in this "safe" group there could be difficulties.  Surely, there 
must be some smokers in the membership.  Others may have problems with 
the role of commercial enterprises in education.  The gay marriage issue 
has two sides that look at discrimination in very different issues.

Ec




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