Re: [Wikipedia-l] Begging letters on our blogs?

Hoi,
When DirtyCom donates $20.000,- to the Wikimedia Foundation, it does not
gain leverage on the WMF. So it does request us to be nice. When this gets
in the news that they operate in this way, they will have a serious public
relations issue. Not only did they raise their x level in order to raise the
repeat sales, they also have raised a lot of negative sentiment for their
brand.

Many companies understand very well who it is they deal with. Not
understanding this aspect of  the Wikimedia Foundation and its project is
seriously stupid. For the WMF organisation not to appreciate this aspect of
its projects is impossible. It is therefore extremely unlikely that a
situation like this will arise.

Thanks,
    GerardM


On 12/19/06, Mark Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 12/18/06, theProject <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Someone's going to have to explain this to me. If the problem with
> Coca-Cola
> > buying advertisements on our site is that our article on them might be
> > perceived as not NPOV, then how is it any different if we accept a
> donation
> > from them? As far as I know, we do have a list of fairly big donors, and
> > some of them have articles.
>
> The nature of the relationship is different.  Consider the following
> two scenarios:
>
> 1) Starbucks signs a $20,000-a-month contract to place banner ads on
> Wikipedia.  Some time afterwards, it comes out that Starbucks has been
> manipulating the caffeine levels of their products to encourage repeat
> sales.  They tell us to keep it out of their article or they'll cancel
> the contract.  What does Wikipedia do?
>
> 2) Starbucks gives Wikipedia a $20,000 donation.  Some time
> afterwards, it comes out that Starbucks has been manipulating the
> caffeine levels of their products to encourage repeat sales.  They
> tell us to keep it out of their article.  Wikipedia puts it in the
> article and thumbs its collective nose at Starbucks.  What are they
> going to do, ask for their donation back?
>
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> Mark
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