[Wikipedia-l] Re: Stable versions policy

Thu Dec 29 18:31:12 UTC 2005

On 12/29/05, Daniel Mayer <maveric149 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> This way we keep adverts off of Wikipedia but still get the benefit of it. Granted, it will take a
> long time before nupedia.org became highly ranked enough to generate any significant revenue. But
> then, it will also take a long time before there are enough stable articles there to make it a
> useful place to visit.
>
> In fact, it might be best to create a separate non-profit organization that would manage that site
> and distribute CDs/DVDs and print versions of Wikimedia content. That way Wikimedia could
> concentrate on providing a forum for creating content and thus retain all the ISP-related legal
> protections (ISPs are not considered to be publishers and thus are not liable for content posted
> through their service).
>
> All excess revenue from that separate organization would go to the Wikimedia Foundation to help
> support content creation.

That sounds by far the most practical long-term solution to the
where-to-put-them-damned-stable-versions problem.

I like the advertising-by-the-back-door too! (nota bene: that was a joke)

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Sam