But then the WMF couldn't spend all the money on projects and conferences. Just running the site is such a small fraction of the expenses of the foundation, th

But then the WMF couldn't spend all the money on projects and conferences. Just running the site is such a small fraction of the expenses of the foundation, that it would easily be financed from donations without aggressive begging banners. The banners are just there to finance that the author of the article calls "cancer".