Have Wikipedia, the so called "Non-Profit" Organization finally succumbed to the economic woes experienced about the globe by resorting to advertising on their website?

I thought I was on the wrong site when I saw the image below!

Guess there's no longer anything such as "Non-Profit" anymore!

Good for them, so that they can stop worrying about money.

Are you kidding me? Anyways, i guess the money they get from donations are not enough to keep the website running.

I just checked now and didn't find any advertisement.

If this is true (I can't see ads on my end. Maybe it is location-specific), I see no problems with a non-profit organization placing ads on their site to raise funds, as long as (and this is where Nigeria wouldn't factor, sadly) it is within the laws of the land where the organization was established.

They need money, begging from individuals isn't working, so do they close shop or stay in business, again, within the law. I am pretty sure that if we were a fly on their walls, we would have overheard them discussing placing ads on their site, as part of their overall strategy, should all else fail.

I remember vividly when I launched a news site 5 years ago. I went around asking (and then begging) for people to advertise on there. No responses at all. I was faced with either shutting it down (it takes time, which is money, to update the site every day) or seeking other sources of revenue, within the law. Guess which avenue I took? To "punish" my audience, I place 3 ads per page - top, bottom and right column. So far, no complaints - based on web stats, the site grows by 100% at least every year.

Make dem do wetin work for dem, jare

Hmm, Funny and Strange that you guys did not see the ads. Could it be tied to the particular topic I searched for? Which in this case would be "Guillotine" ?

Perhaps the editor of that topic sneaked in a few ads! is that even possible? why did Wikipedia not ban them and get rid of the ads? Does that mean that editors can now place their ads on the topics that created on Wikipedia?

Hmm, I wonder. . . I just wonder!

Why guillotine? Haba!! Well, me, i no see am for advertisement o.

yawa-ti-de:
If this is true (I can't see ads on my end. Maybe it is location-specific), I see no problems with a non-profit organization placing ads on their site to raise funds, as long as (and this is where Nigeria wouldn't factor, sadly) it is within the laws of the land where the organization was established.

They need money, begging from individuals isn't working, so do they close shop or stay in business, again, within the law. I am pretty sure that if we were a fly on their walls, we would have overheard them discussing placing ads on their site, as part of their overall strategy, should all else fail.

I remember vividly when I launched a news site 5 years ago. I went around asking (and then begging) for people to advertise on there. No responses at all. I was faced with either shutting it down (it takes time, which is money, to update the site every day) or seeking other sources of revenue, within the law. Guess which avenue I took? To "punish" my audience, I place 3 ads per page - top, bottom and right column. So far, no complaints - based on web stats, the site grows by 100% at least every year.

Make dem do wetin work for dem, jare

I don't see anything wrong with a non-profit ogarnization running ads on their site because their aim is not to make profit but to source for funds to run the website and also pay their staff. Harvard is also a non-profit organization but they collect school fees just like every other school. But their aim is to use the money they get to better the lot of the school and not to make profit.

Btw, can i know which news site you're referring to?

That maybe the beginning of their downfall. I tell you!

item: That maybe the beginning of their downfall. I tell you!

Do you mind explaining why you think so?

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Why guillotine? Haba!! Well, me, i no see am for advertisement o.

Hmm, that's serious. . .

I will make more research into the matter!
As to why guillotine, I wanted to have more insight on the gimmick that was designed to wipe out the French Monarchy.
Just watched a Series Movie on "Tudor" about King Henry and I was intrigued at the thought that the same traditions held
by the British all those years ago, were still reserved to this day, while the French as Spartacus would say, "Killed Them All" with the Guillotine.

Obviously the French Monarchy must have been EVIL!
Wonder if the same thing can happen in Nigeria? What device would we create for that?

Btw, can i know which news site you're referring to?

YIM me...

yawa-ti-de:


YIM me...

I will but i'm curious why it's under G. It is a public website?

huh? What is under G?

yawa-ti-de:
huh? What is under G?

Underground.

Btw, I've added you but you've not accepted.

I think the OP PC is hit by a spyware that runs advert on any site he/she visits. Just checked wikipedia.org no sign of advertisement.

afam4eva,

As long as my sites are online, they can't be UG. Having said that, I have pointed out in the past that I am not here to advertise myself or what I do but to share, impart and absorb knowledge. To that effect, I only share what I do privately. I don't want what I do to be misconstrued as blowing my own trumpet or unauthorized advertising.

I hope you understand where I am coming from.

I get you.

But why haven't you confirmed my YIM request.

Could it be because I haven't logged in yet?

Blessed are the Patient for they shall surely get their YIM friend request approved

So I was watching a CNN show yesterday and as it turns out, this seeing ads where they normally don't show might not be unrelated to the DNS changer virus that was set to strike on yesterday. One of the symptoms, prior to yesterday's shutting down of internet service was the showing of ads where they normally wouldn't be.

OP can you confirm, when you can, that you don't have the DNS changer bug?

na now dem de wake up