[Foundation-l] advertising craigslist

[geni]

2009/12/15 Philippe Beaudette <pbeaudette at wikimedia.org>:
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> On Dec 15, 2009, at 11:55 AM, geni wrote:
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>> So you are okey with adverts on wikipedia as long as they are ah
>> ""supporting" a good cause"?
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> Noun
> advertisement (plural advertisements)
> (marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity,
> service or similar.
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> I really don't see how a banner asking someone to give US money is an
> advertisement, Geni.
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> Philippe
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Not everything can be fully described through a dictionary definition.
The activity falls well within what is described in wikipedia's
article on the subject. I supose if you really want to get technical
it's propaganda so if it helps you answer the question:

So you are okey with third party propaganda on wikipedia as long as
they are ah ""supporting" a good cause"?

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geni