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Originally Posted by ApK
"The first time someone calls you a horse you punch him on the nose.
The second time someone calls you a horse you call him a jerk.
But the third time someone calls you a horse, well then perhaps it's time to go shopping for a saddle."
--The Rabbi, from Lucky Number Slevin
It's called pleading by a lot of people because it is pleading.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it. I'm just saying it not a business model that has them rolling in dough. In any case I think the entire "Encarta vs. Wikipedia" mention was totally out of whack, and Wikipedia financial status was merely one of the reasons.
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If and only if ALL solicitation for donations is "pleading".