[Foundation-l] Advertisement and service at the same time

Sat Mar 22 16:20:54 UTC 2008

Well. "United States Holocaust Memorial Museum" doesn't strike as a problem
unless you are on the perspective that denies the holocaust. We disregard
such minority opinions for the most part, which is fine. But wait till you
get to topics like Palestine and Israel...

Let's assume advertisements are assigned to articles randomly and not in an
Adsense manner... Adsense would be more problematic on occasions
particularly on controversial topics.

   - An Israeli tourism advertisement on an article about Palestinian may
   be problematic.
   - An Israeli tourism advertisement on an article about Iran may be
   problematic.
   - An Israeli tourism advertisement on an article about cheese may not
   be problematic.
   - An Israeli tourism advertisement on an article about Toyota may not
   be problematic.

Likewise

   - A Ford advertisement on an article about Palestinian may not be
   problematic.
   - A Ford advertisement on an article about Iran may be problematic.
   - A Ford advertisement on an article about cheese may not be
   problematic.
   - A Ford advertisement on an article about Toyota may be problematic.

What I am trying to say is how do we know with 100% certainty we are with a
situation where an advertisement shows up at a problematic article? An
advertisement that is not problematic on one article may be problematic
elsewhere.

   - White Cat

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:

> White Cat wrote:
> >  Joke aside, what kind of an advertisement
> > would we put on an article on the second world war or a pharaoh from
> ancient
> > Egypt.
>
> Just for discussion purposes, the two ads I see on google right now for
> "World War II" are for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and
> for World War II History magazine.
>
> The Museum advertisement leads to a special section of their website
> focussing on D-Day.  From my cursory reading of it as a non-specialist,
> it does not appear to be POV pushing.  It is an educational site about
> the war.
>
> At Britannica,
> http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9110199/World-War-II
>
> I see a banner at the top, apparently unrelated to the content (for
> Advair, an asthma medication).  Further down, I see an advertisement for
> the Lincoln Navigator, a giant SUV car thing.  And I see an
> advertisement for the University of Phoenix.  And another ad for the
> University of Phoenix.  And the google ads.  (I am not even counting
> their ads for their own products.)
>
> Interestingly enough, at Ask.com, I see no advertisements for "World War
> II".
>
> At Yahoo, I see a series of text ads similar to google's (though, more
> of them).
>
> A search for "Tutankhamun" at Google (the most popular pharoah I
> suppose), shows 3 advertisements for tickets to the Tutankhamun exhibit,
> which is currently in London.
>
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