<story><title>Wikipedia Raises $16 Million to Remain Ad-Free</title><url>http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/wikipedia_raises_16_million_to_remain_ad-free.php?sms_ss=hackernews&amp;at_xt=4d1fa1b01149c6b1%2C0</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Ryan_IRL</author><text>I&apos;m aware it is temporary, but I&apos;m surely not the only one thinking that banner is more annoying than the occasional ad would have been.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>chaosmachine</author><text>They could definitely make a killing with just a single AdSense block at the bottom of every article. Maybe even just the top 1000 articles.&lt;p&gt;Instead, we get places like Answers.com mass-duplicating Wikipedia content and slapping big image ads on it.</text></comment>
<story><title>Wikipedia Raises $16 Million to Remain Ad-Free</title><url>http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/wikipedia_raises_16_million_to_remain_ad-free.php?sms_ss=hackernews&amp;at_xt=4d1fa1b01149c6b1%2C0</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Ryan_IRL</author><text>I&apos;m aware it is temporary, but I&apos;m surely not the only one thinking that banner is more annoying than the occasional ad would have been.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sliverstorm</author><text>If they just made it half as tall... it currently takes up 1/4 of the screen on my laptop when the page first loads.</text></comment>