On Tuesday 15 February 2005 00:01, Paul Johnson wrote: I have already started my own wikis, such as: http://www.nerdypc.org and http://jnana.wikinerds.org A complete list of our wikiprojects is http://portal.wikinerds.org/projects They do get hits, and people do click on the ads because they are relevant and highly targeted, so they are interested in them. In an advertisement poll we have ( http://portal.wikinerds.org/adspoll ): 26% of answers are "Google ads are useful or informative". 5% are "Sometimes I enjoy clicking on advertisements just to browse the Web". 16% are "This website has few advertisements, compared to other sites". -- NSK http://portal.wikinerds.org

< I think this is a hoax. My source for the post. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1764349,00.asp?kc=ewnws021405dtx1k00005 99 John -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org]On Behalf Of David Wendt Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 1:49 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Google Offers to Host Wikipedia John Spikowski wrote: Media >Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, says Google has volunteered to supply >servers and bandwidth to the project. >Wikipedia is an open online encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone who >volunteers. The project has become immensely popular on the Web, and is >having problems sustaining its growth. >Although exact terms of Google's offer have not be publicly disclosed, Wiki >Media's board of directors is considering a deal and plans to meet with >Google in March. >The foundation did say that Google will not insert its text based >advertising on Wikipedia. >_______________________________________________ >MediaWiki-l mailing list &gt;MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org >http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l What? Really? I think this is a hoax. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Am I right in thinking that under the GNU FDL Google could take all the content out of the wikipedia servers and run it as Geepedia without asking the foundation's permission? - but that would almost certainly count as being evil. Paul Youlten

PY: ...but that would almost certainly count as being evil. BV: Certainly not; making the material redistributable and republishable is the whole *point* of what we're doing. PY: Of course you are right. At the moment Google (and MSN, Yahoo etc) make money from indexing of Wikipedia content - sharing the burden of hosting only seems fair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brion Vibber" &lt;brion(a)pobox.com&gt; To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" &lt;mediawiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org&gt; Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 2:07 AM Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Google Offers to Host Wikipedia