Forum:Whats acceptable ad policy?

Rej's curiosity asks for help
The problem of revenue to pay for the site won't go away if we move. Wikia has been a good host (intrusive ads excluded). So my curiosity is wondering what constitutes acceptable ad policy?

My current gripes are the ads that distract from the content of the site. Especially ads that appear inside the content do so.

Small adjustments
Small adjustments would be much more acceptable than current practice. Examples:
 * Banners appearing above a heading instead of just after
 * Unanimated ads or ads that cease animation after 10 repeats
 * The ads I put up with on yahoo go quiet unless the mouse rolls over them.
 * That would be acceptable.
 * All Advertising clearly marked as advertising.
 * So it is not confused with content.
 * Even for an instant.
 * Ads that do not show gory details of the human anatomy.
 * Several ads for dentistry appear at times on the Barons page and seem to imply he has bad teeth.
 * Ads should also not overlay existing content or sidebar navigation.

Monitoring what we get
My current thinking is that getting what we want means monitoring what we get. The idea that you can avoid some more egregious ads by logging in seems overall detrimental to the site. I know there are ways to turn that off per user or per page. I've even seen the preference once. Where the preference is hiding is not obvious.

I would also like to see a deal that would allow a site to opt out of the ads off for logged in users policy in return for some other considerations.

Wondering?
My curiosity is wondering what other users of this site think.

Working out our thoughts will help whether we move or stay. Our wiki deserves to have a well stated ad policy if we are to move because of it.

--Rej¿ ¤¤ ? 20:09, 23 August 2009 (UTC)