[WikiEN-l] Re: Ads on Wikipedia?

Mon Jan 2 19:44:49 UTC 2006

> Let's say McDonald's pays us $500,000 to put an ad on [[Fast 
> food]]. Is that compliant with [[WP:NPOV]]?

Yes.

> 
> What happens if McDonald's will pay us $500,000 to put an ad 
> on [[Fast food]], but only if we nix the 'Nutritional value' section?

Then we say, "See [[WP:NPOV]]". Or perhaps "we" nix that section and
someone else puts it back. This is a bit of a strange argument that has
been made a few times. WP is WP. I don't think anyone is proposing
changing its core principles simply because we start taking ads. And
again, I don't see how placing ads on WP is compromising any of WP's
principles in any way.

I'm not especially in favour of ads, but let's at least be sensible in
discussing the possibility. :)

Steve