Comments on: Craigslist, Wikipedia, all that money wasted … http://www.laurentk.com/2008/04/craigslist-wikipedia-all-that-money-wasted/ about everything, and especially the rest Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:04:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Dan Leveille http://www.laurentk.com/2008/04/craigslist-wikipedia-all-that-money-wasted/comment-page-1/#comment-36435 Dan Leveille Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:54:31 +0000 http://www.laurentk.com/2008/04/craigslist-wikipedia-all-that-money-wasted/#comment-36435 Ah, alright. I apologize, I misunderstood. I thought you were saying that WikiMedia is not putting any use to their money. It's an interesting idea, however, I think putting ads on the site would make it seem much more commercial, and thus, donors would not donate. Good point, I'm going to tweet about this and see if people agree: http://twitter.com/danlev/status/1192767762 Ah, alright. I apologize, I misunderstood. I thought you were saying that WikiMedia is not putting any use to their money.

It’s an interesting idea, however, I think putting ads on the site would make it seem much more commercial, and thus, donors would not donate.

Good point, I’m going to tweet about this and see if people agree:
http://twitter.com/danlev/status/1192767762

]]> By: Laurent Kretz http://www.laurentk.com/2008/04/craigslist-wikipedia-all-that-money-wasted/comment-page-1/#comment-36400 Laurent Kretz Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:42:32 +0000 http://www.laurentk.com/2008/04/craigslist-wikipedia-all-that-money-wasted/#comment-36400 Hi Dan I'm not saying Wikipedia is doing nothing right now. The WikiMedia Foundation is doing great things. I'm just saying Wikipedia could do WAY more. They should actually just test it (advertising), and see how the users respond, and of course give all profits to charities for example. Hi Dan
I’m not saying Wikipedia is doing nothing right now. The WikiMedia Foundation is doing great things. I’m just saying Wikipedia could do WAY more. They should actually just test it (advertising), and see how the users respond, and of course give all profits to charities for example.

]]> By: Dan Leveille http://www.laurentk.com/2008/04/craigslist-wikipedia-all-that-money-wasted/comment-page-1/#comment-36234 Dan Leveille Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:33:24 +0000 http://www.laurentk.com/2008/04/craigslist-wikipedia-all-that-money-wasted/#comment-36234 You're saying that Wikipedia does not do anything for the world's education? Do you understand what the WikiMedia Foundation is...? You’re saying that Wikipedia does not do anything for the world’s education? Do you understand what the WikiMedia Foundation is…?

]]> By: Wikipedia » Blog Archive » Craigslist, Wikipedia, all that money wasted … http://www.laurentk.com/2008/04/craigslist-wikipedia-all-that-money-wasted/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Wikipedia » Blog Archive » Craigslist, Wikipedia, all that money wasted … Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:49:09 +0000 http://www.laurentk.com/2008/04/craigslist-wikipedia-all-that-money-wasted/#comment-127 [...] Laurent Kretz wrote an interesting post today on Craigslist, Wikipedia, all that money wasted …Here’s a quick excerptLet’s not go the Wikipedia route - or just a little. As it’s been discussed over and over and overagain, Wikipedia has a huge potential for advertisers, but remained so far a non-for-profit, a foundation. And it just reached its 10 … [...]

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