[Foundation-l] LA Times article / Advertising in Wikipedia

Wed Mar 12 10:03:30 UTC 2008

On 12/03/2008, Sue Gardner <sgardner at wikimedia.org> wrote:

>  But Mark is also correct. Even from a purely practical standpoint, it
>  wouldn't make sense for the organization to alienate the people who
>  create the stuff, who are critical to its success. Individual people
>  will of course always come and go for their own reasons, but it would be
>  deeply counterproductive for us (staff, or board, or whomever) to do
>  something that the community as a whole would find alienating.

When the media ask why we don't have ads, I answer "Because the
volunteers who write everything hate them." Followed by "So we rely on
donations. We're a charity, and not a rich one. Please give us money.
Furthermore, please give us money." etc.

- d.