On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Marc Riddell <[email protected]>wrote:
> >>> everywhere we can. > >> > On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Steve Bennett <[email protected]> > > >> Ew. Is that really what advertising and marketing have been reduced > >> to? Spew out whatever random text as long as it gets the $$$? Please > >> let us have some self-respect. > >> > >> Steve > > >> on 11/14/09 6:54 PM, Ryan Delaney at [email protected] wrote: > > >> > > I think self-respect is a luxury for us folks who don't have to worry > about > > meeting fundraising goals. All those servers and all that bandwidth isn't > > free. These ads were bad, but they're improving. I think we ought to be > > willing to accept some fundraising once a year if we can keep it in mind > > that these fundraising drives keep corporate advertizing off Wikipedia. > That > > alone ought to put this in perspective. > > > > - causa sui > > Self-respect is a luxury!?! - some commodity to put a price on!?!. A > person's attitude toward his self-respect is clearly reflected in how he > presents himself. > > I'll be right behind you when you start the socialist revolution (seriously), but I don't think Wikipedia will be the starting point. - causa sui _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
