[RockyMcNuts]

Not sure which would be less annoying - a few Adsense links clearly marked and off on the side, or the ginormous banner and somewhat overwrought copy.

[twelvechairs]

People seem to forget that wikipedia already has ads - giant ads showing what Jimmy Wales' stylist has managed to conjure up this year, and more importantly very partisan text (note for instance Jimmy Wales assertion as wikipedia 'founder' where his wikipedia page lists him as 'co-founder'....)

[skrebbel]

I don't think "annoying" is one of the reasons why they don't do ads.

[RockyMcNuts]

hopefully 'helpful to users' enters into the optimization function somewhere. if not, why are users expected to donate?