[tzs]

> Also, by having "sponsors" you open yourself up to "change this article to be like this, or we'll pull our support from Wikipedia."

Why can't the people who donate money do the same thing--that is threaten to stop donating unless an article is changed to their liking?

[orthecreedence]

They can...but the difference is that most people reading Wikipedia enjoy the fact that it's unbiased. I can imagine many more scenarios where a company/corporation would NOT enjoy this.

There are also many more readers of Wikipedia than there are advertisers. This makes gathering donations a more distributed means of paying their expenses.