Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

The Debate Over Advertising on Wikipedia

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the my-opinion-should-be-obvious dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Some Wikipedians have objected to Virgin Unite's participation in the Wikimedia Foundation's fund drive, calling it adverising. But there's a strong case that Wikipedia should run advertising. The funds raised could support dozens of Firefox-scale free knowledge and free software projects, outspending all but the wealthiest foundations."

2 of 262 comments (clear)

  1. from a pragmatical point of view by born4fun · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Advertising is just part of our world. Sometimes its even useful: When watching long films on television, I use the ad breaks to get something to eat or, well, the reverse. :) On the web, as long as there is none of this flashing all over the screen, I hardly recognise ads at all. For instance at /. Of course, this could also have another reason, called "Adblock Plus"...

  2. frist Psot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that has grown upO tHat have raged Series of debates