For one thing, we have always been proud of how Wikipedia and its sister sites have been ad-free. Why don't we get those half-breeds with their ads and everything to do the revenue making? I mean, of course, Wikia. Having ads on Wikipedia (or anywhere else) would be awful.
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Fred Bauder <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hoi, > > As the "A" word has been mentioned again as is tradition, I want us to > > talk > > instead about how we can advertise / market our strategy, I want us to > > discuss how this helps us to reach out. How we can realise the goals that > > we > > so beautifully formulated in our strategy.. > > > > To start it off, I have blogged some of my sentiments. > > Thanks, > > GerardM > > > > > http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2010/11/annual-wikipedia-argument-about.html > > Nice sentiments, but you don't address the question of why someone else > needs the potential advertising revenue more than we do. Google does many > good things, including providing substantial support to Wikipedia, but > what good does money in the pockets of their shareholders do us? > > Fred > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
