Is that guy on wikipedia freaking anybody else out?

[meesterperfect]

apparently they need money.
An appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales:
every day theres a new picture and every time he looks
more worried or scared or sad or something.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

 

[magicspore]

Yeah i find it hard to focus on the first paragraph of every article that i read on WIKI.

He reminds me of a porn-star, dunno who though?

 

[Crazy4theBrat]

The guy should just start selling ad space on the site. It's not that big of a deal. He would suddenly become a millionaire I'll bet, with the size of that site.

 

[Facetious]

No, meester, it doesn't freak me out because, after all, everybody else is pledging, therefore, we don't have to.

If I recall correctly, this is Jimmy's second campaign to make us all feel guilty.
I wonder how many millions of dollars have been pledged thus far . . . . hush hush now!

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

He wants your soul, so long as you have a reliable cite for it.

 

[meesterperfect]

The guy should just start selling ad space on the site. It's not that big of a deal. He would suddenly become a millionaire I'll bet, with the size of that site.

ya think????????

No, meester, it doesn't freak me out because, after all, everybody else is pledging, therefore, we don't have to.

If I recall correctly, this is Jimmy's second campaign to make us all feel guilty.
I wonder how many millions of dollars have been pledged thus far . . . . hush hush now!

He wants your soul, so long as you have a reliable cite for it.

ha ha ha.....har har hardy har har.

no face, its not a guilt feeling i have , its his friggin face.
he looks so despondent, like he's about to cry.

 

[brodkill]

i feel like donating 1 cent just to piss him off

 

[YumiYumi_1988]

I see one of them ads today with a guy and a baby. Apparently we must donate to Wikipedia or this poor baby won't be able to log on and read Wikipedia articles.

 

[Supafly]

I donated a couple euros. I like what he is doing.

 

[bustybbwlover]

i'm getting a black kid when i go to wikipedia right now...but i know what you mean about him being a bit...

 

[darkwarrior3007]

Wikipedia needs money, the United States needs money, the whole damn world needs money. Well, I guess it finally time for the end of the world.

 

[FlyingWallaby]

Honestly, it's the one cause I don't mind donating to, because I actually use it and can see the results of my donation throughout the year, unlike some of these other scams guilting people and begging for money at the holidays. That's just me though...

 

[vodkazvictim]

Just advertise already boy!

 

[D-rock]

I can empathize with Wikipedia needing money because it has virtually become a great public service to the world. While not perfect it's the most comprehensive, cheapest, and best out there.

The guy should just start selling ad space on the site. It's not that big of a deal. He would suddenly become a millionaire I'll bet, with the size of that site.

For what the site is supposed to be it's way too big of a conflict of interest to be doing that. When it's supposed to be a encyclopedia that independently gives out the truth one wants to avoid any outside influences they can. I could see backdoor deals developing if that happened or even more likely a big advertiser pulling their adds and the money that goes along with them if information about them or somebody else they cared about appeared on the site that they didn't like.

 

[shayd]

Well, it is that time of year.

 

[~~whimsy~~]

As you can see I am Wikipedia founder and am showing a contributor who just became a new father. Here is a photo of him and his newborn reading a book together. A book they found out about on Wikipedia, of course, most naturally. He is an author for Wikipedia and a father of a newborn. His first baby. If you don't pledge Wikipedia will be forced to take the newborn and eat him. Won't you pledge for Wikipedia? At least for the sake of this baby?

"...that's the world I want him to grow up in."

Not a world where people will not pledge to Wikipedia. Now donate. Before we start marinating...

 

[24788]

Wikipedia would get raped in the asshole if they advertised on their site.

There would be a new record for law suits in one day alone. They already have enough legal trouble as it is. *end sarcasm*

Wikipedia uses most of it's content from other people. It's not a huge deal since they are trying to just share the information (non-profit), but if they went for profit. Many people would want their chunk because their information was used and such.

If you ever see the bottom of wikipedia most of the content comes from other sites.

 

[Shindekudasai]

I can empathize with Wikipedia needing money because it has virtually become a great public service to the world. While not perfect it's the most comprehensive, cheapest, and best out there.



For what the site is supposed to be it's way too big of a conflict of interest to be doing that. When it's supposed to be a encyclopedia that independently gives out the truth one wants to avoid any outside influences they can. I could see backdoor deals developing if that happened or even more likely a big advertiser pulling their adds and the money that goes along with them if information about them or somebody else they cared about appeared on the site that they didn't like.

What he said.

 

[luis1972]

apparently they need money.
An appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales:
every day theres a new picture and every time he looks
more worried or scared or sad or something.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Last year I supported Wikipedia with 30 dollars
This year I will do the same.
I'm frequent user of Wikipedia and I think they deserve our help

 

[meesterperfect]

Last year I supported Wikipedia with 30 dollars
This year I will do the same.
I'm frequent user of Wikipedia and I think they deserve our help

far out.