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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Ads are rolling out soon}} | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Ads are rolling out soon}} | ||
But | '''But may be rolled back if they don't pay off!''' | ||
(''See here for the original announcement: [[bg3wiki:Ads Announcement 1|About plans to put ads on bg3.wiki]]'') | (''See here for the original announcement: [[bg3wiki:Ads Announcement 1|About plans to put ads on bg3.wiki]]'') | ||
''' | Dear Baldur's Gate 3 fans and wiki enthusiasts, | ||
Here are some detailed updates. I've since gained a lot more knowledge on the situation with copyrights and licensing, made some preliminary plans about how the money would be split, and we're well on track with [https://www.publift.com/ Publift] to decide on the types of ads to show, though things are still subject to change. There are talks with other ad companies as well. | |||
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== Copyrights and Licensing == | == Copyrights and Licensing == | ||
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It should be noted, by the way, that people may not be paid monthly, but for example on a 3-monthly or 6-monthly basis. That is to reduce the amount of administrative overhead involved in processing the payments of so many people. | It should be noted, by the way, that people may not be paid monthly, but for example on a 3-monthly or 6-monthly basis. That is to reduce the amount of administrative overhead involved in processing the payments of so many people. | ||
Note also that the share of most people will be rather small. Even if I paid 1% to every person '''on average''', then 100 people would mean 100% of the money, and I'd have nothing left for me. A more realistic distribution, taking my salary and business expenses into account, may be something like 60% of the money being redistributed. At about 115 people, that means the average share would be about 0.52%, so if the wiki only made $15k per month, that would only be $78 per person per month on average. (So if I paid them for a 12-month period, $936 per person '''on average'''.) This is just an example with made-up numbers, | Note also that the share of most people will be rather small. Even if I paid 1% to every person '''on average''', then 100 people would mean 100% of the money, and I'd have nothing left for me. A more realistic distribution, taking my salary and business expenses into account, may be something like 60% of the money being redistributed. At about 115 people, that means the average share would be about 0.52%, so if the wiki only made $15k per month, that would only be $78 per person per month on average. (So if I paid them for a 12-month period, $936 per person '''on average'''.) This is just an example with made-up numbers. The real numbers are likely to be significantly higher, and I may increase the share of funds to be redistributed above 60% if the total is high enough. | ||
Please remember that there are '''no plans''' to pay people for new contributions going forth, since it creates an incentive to put quantity over quality. We might end up doing it anyway if the earnings are good enough, but it would be in the form of spontaneous gifts, not promised in advance. People should be contributing to the wiki out of a genuine desire to improve it, not due to financial incentives. | Please remember that there are '''no plans''' to pay people for new contributions going forth, since it creates an incentive to put quantity over quality. We might end up doing it anyway if the earnings are good enough, but it would be in the form of spontaneous gifts, not promised in advance. People should be contributing to the wiki out of a genuine desire to improve it, not due to financial incentives. | ||
Redistributing the majority of revenue to the community means that, if the revenue isn't very high, I may be left with a relatively small sum. | Redistributing the majority of revenue to the community means that, if the revenue isn't very high after all, I may be left with a relatively small sum. This seems to be a highly unlikely scenario, but in worst case, I may end up only living from this endeavor for a few months before I put the ads down again, pay people their share, and look for something else to do professionally. If the earnings are ''really'' bad such that I can't pay many people, I'll put the ads down again ASAP. | ||
=== My role as "employee" of bg3.wiki === | === My role as "employee" of bg3.wiki === | ||