[cprncus]

It's been proven mathematically that any sentence that begins with, "Wouldn't it be better If Wikipedia had ads than [X]" has the property that it doesn't matter what X is, the answer will still be "no."

For example:

Q: Wouldn't it be better If Wikipedia had ads than planet-wide thermonuclear war?

A: No.

[crisnoble]

Q: Wouldn't it be better if Wikipedia continued to not have ads?

A: Yes.

[davidsmith8900]

- Thanks cprncus, but where can I find this mathematical statement from?

[sp332]

It's not mathematically proven, but empirically derived and sometimes wrong. It's called Betteridge's Law of Headlines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines