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:I don't have too many objections to that, as long as the ads don't compromise Orain's wiki flexibility policy in regards to content. As for the amount of ads, that seems eminently reasonable, and I don't object at all to their proposed placement. [[User:Arcane|Arcane]] ([[User talk:Arcane|talk]]) 17:58, 20 August 2013 (UTC)Arcane

::We have the ability to filter the type of ads that are displayed. I think, with us being technology oriented and such, that ads along those lines would be the ones that will be displayed.{{unsigned|Dusti}}

::::Adverts don't bother me. I use ABP, NoScript, and WOT to help decide if any piece of script should be allowed to run on my computer. Mostly I just say no to ads. I understand the reasoning for them though, and I sympathize with webmasters who rely on them to "keep the lights on" on their sites. But the Internet is a funny place. The webmaster's POV is that they provide a service, so it is only fair that visitors to their site should help pay for it, and that it doesn't really cost surfers anything anyway. The average web surfer's POV is that websites live or die on traffic volumes alone, so you're lucky to have me visiting your site. My own POV is that I have a data capped Internet connection, so I'd rather use my bandwidth for viewing content that I actually want to see, rather than paying for adverts to come down my pipe. <span title="Meta-Wiki profile" class="plainlinks">[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AugurNZ <font color="#000" face="Times">'''''Augur'''''</font><font color="#33f" family="Arial">'''''NZ'''''</font>]</span> <span title="Meta-Wiki talk" class="plainlinks">[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:AugurNZ <font color="#000" size="4">&#x2710;</font>]</span>[[Special:Contributions/AugurNZ|<font size="4" color="#000">&#x2315;</font>]] 10:25, 22 August 2013 (UTC)