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When I founded Wikipedia, I could have made it into a for-profit
company with advertising banners, but decided to do something
different. Commerce is fine. Advertising is not evil. But it doesn't
belong here. Not in Wikipedia.
— Wikipedia Founder, Jimmy Wales
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