[WikiEN-l] Ads on Wikipedia?

Sat Dec 31 03:57:28 UTC 2005

Kirill Lokshin wrote:
> On 12/30/05, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net> wrote:
> 
>>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.
> 
> 
> Small, individual contributions - perhaps not.  But there's no reason
> why large corporate donations, grants, or endowments couldn't keep us
> running indefinitely.
> 
> The question becomes whether we'd prefer ads on Wikipedia or
> "Wikipedia (sponsored by the Gates Foundation).
> 

"Wikipedia (sponsored by UNESCO)" would be a much better alternative...

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