I can't believe this comment is being upvoted. Do you somehow feel it's wrong that Wikipedia asks for donations?

I also can't believe it was upvoted, mainly because it was a silly bit of sarcasm.

Would you prefer it if wikipedia just ran a line of ads all the time?

This is a serious question. It's open to others to.

I think the real answer is it doesn't really matter. Especially for those of us with adblock.

I agree and hence if it means more profit for Wikimedia organization, from people who do not use or do not know about adblock, then it is definitely a better choice than the current donation model.

As long as they were clearly marked as Ads and small text-based ads, then yes.

I'd like to see sponsored pages.

I wish more ads were like Wikipedia's: relevant, temporary and of great consequence. I don't see how they qualify for being "the worst".

they're the worst because they're the best. normal ads i can ignore. wikipedia's ads are not only visually hard to ignore, they're morally hard to ignore (and they don't go away after you donate)