WIkipedia should let people adopt articles

[Lostincyberspace]

Wikipedia could make quite a bit of money by letting people adopt articles. Does any one have any ideas about this, is this a good idea or a bad one.

It wold also alleviate allot of their problems with money have it correspond to the length of the article maybe.

Or be an auction type of sale so who ever is the highest bidder currently has adopted the article all proceeds go to wikipedia and when you loose the article to some one else, half the money they paid goes to wikipedia an half back to you, so you don't lose allot of money.

[Silpheed2K]

Wikipedia is highly inaccurate so I doubt adopting articles from it would be good for the educational system... I'd trust Britannica more for reliable information.

Also, what's the reason behind this whole adopt concept? what does it accomplish?

[Lostincyberspace]

IT is kind of like adopting roads in the united states. it is just to help with the upkeep of the services for the roads it is clearing trash for wikipedia it is giving money. And that is all it would do not give them any special powers just a thing that says that it is adopted by so and so.

[geni]

Microsoft article gets adopted by microsoft as does the linux article. See the problem?

[Nano Geek]

Microsoft article gets adopted by microsoft as does the linux article. See the problem?

I don't think he means that only the adopter could edit it. I thought that he was saying that people would help pay the cost for Wikipedia on certain articles.

[NovaAesa]

Sounds like a reasonable idea to me (if asjdfwejqrfjcvm msz34rq33 is correct that is).

[fatality_uk]

Can I adopt the article on pornography please? (As long as I am allowed to sell links on MY adopted page)

[the yawner]

What incentives would there be?

[fatality_uk]

What incentives would there be?

A couple of million a year from links on my page. Hence why I think the idea doesn't really have legs.

[Nano Geek]

What incentives would there be?

Probably you would get recognition at the top of the article or something like that.