[Foundation-l] (Wikipedia)^RED

Thu Jun 22 20:32:18 UTC 2006

On 6/22/06, Lord Voldemort <lordbishopvoldemort at gmail.com> wrote:
> Except that we have to do all of the work, pay to use the (RED) name,
> and put ads on Wikipedia.  Who's going to volunteer to collect all the
> revenue and handle all the donations to the Global Fund?  Why pay to
> use their brand name?  If WMF really wanted to donate to the Global
> Fund, why not just make a straight donation and skip all the licensing
> fees?  Just my thoughts though. --LV

Optional user activated advertisements have been proposed before, the
primary objection is that it wouldn't make a lot of money for us.

I, like the others in this thread, don't see any value to (RED)... it
doesn't appear that participation would be in our best interest.