Another appeal from Jimmy Wales

Considering the sheer breadth of knowledge Wikipedia makes available to the public for free, I think we can all afford the millisecond it takes us to scroll away from the banner ad. Better yet, I think we can all throw in some money towards the project.

As for him being an ambassador to a watch company, its a pretty common concept as most Swiss luxury watch makers support everyone from athletes to humanitarians. Even if he makes money off of it, it isn't his obligation to donate it all to Wikimedia. In fact I think its a pretty smart concept to showcase Wikipedia to the type of clientele who might actually buy such watches.

Although mildly annoying, the appearances of these banner ads make me more interested in whether or not Wikipedia is A/B testing these, whether they're using some kind of intelligent segmentation, whether they even HAVE someone knowledgeable of that on staff, and what the results thereof are.

I expect FSF to follow suit with rms making a personal appeal:

http://stallman.org/photos/rms-full-size.jpg

Apparently he's an official sponsor (and they took that ridiculous photo for him):

http://www.mauricelacroix.com/en/Brand/Ambassadors/Jimmy_Wal...

How much is he getting paid and is he donating it to Wikimedia?

The one thing i dont understand about wikipedia is didnt they ever hear of videos and photos and things like that. Everytime i go to the site i feel like i entered a portal to 1990. Its ugly beyond belief and actually difficult to find proper information because of that.

Enough already. Jimmy Wales, former(?) serious Objectivist and Ayn Rand fan. Now he's begging for charity regularly. Pathetic change.

I don't blame him. He has a celebrity asset. Seems reasonable to cash in.

Am I a bad person to want to punch Jimmy Wales in the junk after those horrible "I look like Larry Ellison and I want your money" banner ads?