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blog.jimmywales.com - 1/2/2009
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I advise the world to relax a notch or two. :-) We are not considering advertising on Wikipedia.
Visit World Wikia (travel), Campaigns Wikia (reforming politics), and Star Wars Wikia, a.k.a. Wookieepedia. For some types of communities, advertising to support the infrastructure is a good thing, ...
blog.twitter.com - 1/4/2009
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blog.twitter.com —
Wikipedia defines phishing as "the criminally fraudulent process
of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames,
passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication." Tonight, we ...
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Gone Phishing
icommons.org - 1/2/2009
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icommons.org —
home Wikipedia Academies Wikipedia Academies banner_500.gif img_7176.jpg logos_w_acad_03.jpg
logos_w_acad_01.png Click here to watch a short video by
Mann Made Media , showing highlights from this event. Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, launched the ...
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Wikipedia Academies
dgl.cx - 1/4/2009
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dgl.cx —
I had written some code to take wikipedia
articles and summarise them. I wanted to offer this
for use in various places, now the obvious way to offer it is just a web service (via REST, SOAP, etc), but that's boring and I had a cunning plan. Why not ...
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Wikipedia over DNS
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$6.2 Million: Wikipedia Reaches Fundraising Goal for 2008
ReadWriteWeb —
... The Wikimedia Foundation has always declined to run advertising on its pages. Given that it is one of the most popular destinations on the Internet, it could surely make more than $6.2 million in revenue every year, but the organization, and Jimmy Wales in particular, have always vehemently rejected this idea in favor of direct donations from users. ...
Wikipedia raises $6.2 M, exceeds 2008 fundraising goal
VentureBeat —
... ethos. Wales has blogged about his belief that advertising is not right for Wikpedia, preferring that donations come directly from supporters who have a stake in the community. ...
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