[cwillu]

The first fundraising banner on wikipedia was in 2003. That is unquestionably an advertisement, and not even an ethical one given the misleading nature of their campaigns these days.

[Insanity]

I’m going to say this is a different ballpark. They are fundraising for themselves.. on their own website..

That’s quite different from shoving ads in your face where it doesn’t belong. Like an ad for Copilot on a YouTube video.

IMO it’s distinct.

[bdangubic]

never thought I’d see fundraising compared to ads but here we are… :)