Hey @everton137 @wikipedia @wikimediafoundation @wikimediaitalia,
Yes, that's right, in the early days of Wikipedia there were various ideas about how Wikipedia could be made sustainable. One of them was to place advertisements. Not to make a fortune, but to be able to finance the project in the long term. After the Spanish community vehemently opposed this, the Wikipedia founders quickly rejected this approach. You can read more about this in this interview: https://www.wired.com/story/wikipedia-spanish-fork/