[WikiEN-l] Ads on Wikipedia?

Fri Dec 30 22:17:00 UTC 2005

I can see us raising a few hundred thousand dollars by contributions.  
I can't see a few million.

I can see contributions supporting 100 servers. I can't see them  
supporting 2,000.

I can see a top 20 website supported by contributions. I can't see  
one of the top 5.

Fred

On Dec 30, 2005, at 3:02 PM, Ben Emmel wrote:

> Some food for thought:
>
> http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1962714,00.html
>
> In an interview, Jimbo discusses the possibilities of ads  
> eventually on the
> Wikipedia, due to the huge number of page views that we get.
>
> Also mentioned is the large-scale rejection of ads by the  
> "wikitopeans"
> [sic] in the community.
>
>
> --
> Ben Emmel
> Wikipedia - User:Bratsche
> bratsche1 at gmail.com
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