Surely that's a redundant concern? Wikipedia is already open to being edited; companies can and have been caught editing entries relevant to their interests. N

Surely that's a redundant concern? Wikipedia is already open to being edited; companies can and have been caught editing entries relevant to their interests. Now, Wikipedia is not a reliable source, and never will be in its current guise, i.e. with the anyone-can-edit philosophy. It's no bad thing, I love Wikipedia and can spend hours enjoying articles there. Where I'm going with this is that claiming conflict of interest or impartiality problems if advertising is to be introduced, well that just doesn't make sense - there are too many other factors that make Wikipedia unreliable. Personally, I think it's a convenient excuse for an otherwise noble cause: advertising is ugly and intrusive, and in a perfect world it wouldn't be required.