[Wikipedia-l] public service ads in Wikipedia?

[Chad Perrin]

David Gerard wrote:

> Advertising on wikipedia tends to be treated as one of the Worst Ideas Ever
> because when it was first even *mooted*, the Spanish wikipedia promptly
> forked. Producing the Enciclopedia Libre and taking a large chunk of the
> userbase with it. A truly pointless fork, because it's got pretty much the
> same goals.
> 
> So the question would be whether it would risk a similar effect.
> 

Interesting.  I wasn't familiar with the details of that particular bit 
of Wikipedia history.

In that case, I'd say that AdCouncil ads on Wikipedia would be an 
EXCEEDINGLY BAD IDEA at this time.

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Chad