Some non-UK programming do show adverts, yes, but that is for different reasons - largely so that the British license fee isn't being seen to subsidise commerci

Some non-UK programming do show adverts, yes, but that is for different reasons - largely so that the British license fee isn't being seen to subsidise commercial content for other countries. But conversely, the BBC World Service does not including advertisements. I would think the best examples of a conflicts of interest is where particular articles detail unethical behaviour or any content in the public domain that an advertiser would prefer not to be included or made easily accessible. Obviously, its not to say that it will happen but just that it could. And it is naive at best to think that a separate sales team solves the problems of commercial bias or influence. Wikipedia is the single largest body of freely available knowledge in the history of mankind. It must remain so and the best way to do that is to continue accepting donations. I see no reason to change.