[Wikipedia-l] ads vs. sponsored bandwidth/hardware?

Fri Jan 2 02:55:25 UTC 2004

Just an idea to see what people's views on it would be: I know many 
people are opposed to ads on Wikipedia, but would those of you opposed 
to ads in general be more receptive to sponsored bandwidth and/or 
hardware?  For example, a box somewhere that says "bandwidth kindly 
donated by [donating company]".  Yeah, it's an ad of sorts, but it's a 
little more neutral and matter-of-fact than most ads: it's simply 
informing people that the bandwidth of the site they're viewing is being 
provided free of charge by someone.  More like the "powered by Apache" 
logos at the bottom of some sites than like a typical ad, I think.

-Mark