Good idea / bad idea - purchase Wikipedia and sell subscriptions

[Lonyo]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/20/cash_rich_wikipedia_chugging/

 

[DrPizza]

Stupid idea is stupid. Or is it a troll idea?

There already was a pay encyclopedia site: Britannica, Encarta, etc.

 

[techs]

I think wiki should just sell advertising if they absolutely needed money. With some strict rules on who could advertise. Even some very small ad on thier homepage would bring in a lot of money due to the sites traffic.

 

[bononos]

Wikipedia already has copycat sites, so if it went pay only, the copycat sites would take over.

 

[TwiceOver]

Good luck getting a million subs.

Other than happening past it on a google search, I don't go there intentionally. I don't know anyone that uses it regularly.

 

[davmat787]

Why not just print out the entire Wikipedia website, and sell copies of it door to door like they did in ye olde times? Sure to be a hot seller, so I would initially order like 1000 prints to get started, and you will need a semi-truck to haul them around too.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Why not just print out the entire Wikipedia website, and sell copies of it door to door like they did in ye olde times? Sure to be a hot seller, so I would initially order like 1000 prints to get started, and you will need a semi-truck to haul them around too.

Ooooh I got a better idea....wikipedia on 50gb Blurays!

I can sell them on Ebay!

Althought it might take a team of monkeys working 24x7 for X amount of time to gather the data and index it on a disc. :|

 

[davmat787]

Ooooh I got a better idea....wikipedia on 50gb Blurays!

I can sell them on Ebay!

Althought it might take a team of monkeys working 24x7 for X amount of time to gather the data and index it on a disc. :|

Which is why you should just print out the entire website, alphabetize the articles, bind 'em, and then sell door-to-door.

It has been done before, people made a living off of selling encyclopedias door-to-door. You really can't go wrong with this, it is a 100% bullet proof infallible plan! :awe:

I think it is only fair that I receive a 25% commission for giving you this grand plan.

 

[lxskllr]

Which is why you should just print out the entire website, alphabetize the articles, bind 'em, and then sell door-to-door.

It has been done before, people made a living off of selling encyclopedias door-to-door. You really can't go wrong with this, it is a 100% bullet proof infallible plan! :awe:

I think it is only fair that I receive a 25% commission for giving you this grand plan.

I hate my encyclopedias. I have Americana, and year books from the 60s to 2001. They're a useless waste of space, but I can't bring myself to throw out books. It's a 2000# albatross :^(

 

[Hugh Jass]

Congrats OP...you lost at the internet.