[WikiEN-l] Questia link

Wed May 19 20:32:00 UTC 2004

Jimmy-
> On this page:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_Wikipedia_articles_based_upon
> _websites

> we have a link to
> http://www.questia.com/

> Questia has offered to pay us $12 per signup through that link, but we
> would have to change the link to a tracking url.

I strongly oppose that. The reason is that this is a *link directory*.  
People expect these links to point to the website without going through  
some referrer system. We are first and foremost an encyclopedia, and  
encyclopedia content should *never* be tainted by any kind of sponsorship  
agreements.

Regards,

Erik