Wikimedia Proposes Advertising [Updated]

user9918277462 writes "The Board of the Wikimedia Foundation has announced a new partnership with the Answers Corporation, which provides the content for Google Definitions links. There is also a lengthy discussion, wiki-style for those who wish to participate." Update 10/25 18:42 by SM: An announcement has been posted on Wikipedia to help clarify the original submission (which thankfully was patently false and has since been cleaned up a bit, our apologies to Wikimedia). Answers.com will be creating their own co-branded version which will show ads and no ads will be shown on wikipedia.

Comments

Re:Some issues really need to be clairified.

[EnronHaliburton2004]

with some adsl

That should say "with some advertisements".

Vim no has Grammercheker.

Re:Some issues really need to be clairified.

[amembleton]

Who decides when a page becomes a stable page? If take a copy of a page on a regular basis (eg yearly or monthly), then you are just as likely to end up with pages containing incorrect content.

You make a good point about being able to "cite a stable version". But, you can already cite particular versions by going into the history of a page and clicking on the date of a version that you want. That page never changes; you can cite this page.

Re:Who Cares? Can I just have my info?

[boinger]

Your definition of "vast" differs from mine.