2009/12/15 David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com>: > 2009/12/15 Mark Williamson <node...@gmail.com>: > >> If that's true, I am even more against this... what does that say about us? > > > Didn't we have this discussion around Virgin Unite? > > >http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/UnNews:Wikimedia_Foundation_to_introduce_paid_editing >
To an extent. Of course Virgin Unite has since been used in regular Virgin adverts which further strengthens the case of those that opposed it. > Craig Newmark's on the WMF advisory board. Craigslist is already > famous. I really think it's pushing us forward, not the other way > around. Craig Newmark has around 300K google results. Jimbo is at half a million. Craigslist is at about 65 million wikipedia is at about 300 million. For groups that almost entirely exist online that's a fair solid way of showing which is more significant. In terms of using fame to push us forwards about the only web company owners who might be able to do that would be Mark Zuckerberg and google's co-founders. And no they wouldn't be a good idea either. Craigslist has some PR problems at the moment what with all the scams and the various law enforcement agencies objecting to some of their personal ads. Associating with a project with some of the most titanium hardened community driven altruism credentials on the web is a valid strategy for trying to return to the image they like to maintain. -- geni _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
