On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Magnus Manske
<magnusman...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I'm not here to discuss the wording of the fundraising slogans yet
> again, but this one screams "legal trouble":
>
> Wikipedia. Ad-free forever.
> [Progress bar] [Donate now button]
>
> I'd interpret this as "if we reach $7.5M, Wikipedia will be ad-free
> forever". I really wish that'd be the case, but if not, people (from
> simple dudes to legal trolls) might come out of the woodwork screaming
> fraud.

Strange, I'd interpret it as "Wikipedia will be ad-free forever. Now,
hand over the cash."

But afaik the foundation has never said such a thing. The last I heard
was Jimbo saying "not anytime soon, and only if there is some major
shift in public opinion".

Steve

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