2009/12/15 Delphine Ménard <[email protected]>: > Just so I understand your argument. Were Jimmy Wales to lend his name > and good will to support a cause {insert here name of noble cause you > believe in}, I suppose you would summarize his help as "oh, he's > trying to get his company to get a better image"? Wait, I'm probably > starting a troll here. Replace Jimmy Wales with "whatever known > person" you can think of. > > Did it ever occur to you that real people _aren't_ the company they > founded/bought/are taking care of?
The text of the advert: "Craig of Craigslist urges you to support Wikipedia. Why?" In that context the separation between person and company is rather weak. > And whether it is Craig Newmark, the Dalai Lama, the Pope or my > neighbours, if their "supporting" a good cause actually works and > money comes in and awareness rises, frankly, I say "go ahead" and > "thanks for all your help". > So you are okey with adverts on wikipedia as long as they are ah ""supporting" a good cause"? Third parties supporting wikipedia is one thing. At the cost of advertsing their company on one in five page views of wikipedia? No that is quite another. -- geni _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
