C'mon - we've been promising "no ads" for as long as anyone can remember. People have given their money because of it...
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Fred Bauder <fredb...@fairpoint.net> wrote: > > > An interesting idea would be a standalone static copy of > > wikipedia that really tried their utmost to make the product > > visually appealing, and used the generated money from the > > advertisements purely to fund ever more timely database dumps > > > > It would be interesting to see how frequent database dumping could be > > financed by advertisement on such a > > site; the synergy should be obvious -- the more money they generate > > from adverts, the more resources they can devote to making ever more > > frequent dumps, so the more timely is the content, which will again > > make therir product more attractive, and so on > > > > > > -- > > Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] > > > > Whether this is great idea or not I don't know, but this is the kind of > out of the box thinking that is potentially productive. We could produce > periodic "polished" editions. > > Fred > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l