I don't think this interview got the attention it deserved here, especially as it pertains to ads on WP. In response to a question about corporate sponsorship, Jimbo says:
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What we have always said is that we are opposed to having advertising in Wikipedia but we've never said "absolutely not, absolutely never" because we will do what it takes to keep Wikipedia alive. So, yeah, we wouldn't shut down Wikipedia, but in the event that we did have some kind of a serious problem where the public was no longer willing to support us to the degree that we need, we would first look at cost-cutting measures, we would eventually have to look at putting some ads in some obscure part of the site to keep bringing a little bit of money or something like that, but it's not on the table at all. It's not something that we really are considering or even think is likely to happen, but, no, we're not going to shut down Wikipedia - Wikipedia is important.
And lest my earlier comment about gaydar be misunderstood, here is a quote from
Gaydar:
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William Lee Adams, replicated earlier work by his advisor, Nalini Ambady (now at Tufts University). Ambady's original study, published in 1999, showed that homosexuals were better at correctly identifying sexual orientation from silent videos and photographs than heterosexuals were. Adams' research, started in 2004, focused exclusively on the face; the focal point of most social interaction.