[Wikipedia-l] public service ads in Wikipedia?

[Tony Sidaway]

David Gerard said:
>
> 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.
>
No.  Next question. :)