我是反对这种改变的。最后，只是因为谷歌的工程师马特.卡茨不断劝说，才勉强同意。

　　I am still not sure it is the right answer.

　　直到今天，我都不确定这种做法是正确的

　　After all, Wikipedia prides itself on public service, and our external links are generally quite carefully vetted.

　　毕竟维基百科的使命是服务公众，而且我们的外部链接都是经过精心审查的。

　　On the other hand, it is also true that when we were not using no follow we had a bigger problem with skeevy “SEO” experts doing everything they could to get Wikipedia links.

　　但是，另一方面，以前我们不用“不准跟踪链接”的时候，总是有一些所谓的“SEO”专家，想尽办法来得到维基百科链接。

　　Even today, of course, a link in Wikipedia can drive a significant amount of traffic so we have to deal with inappropriate self-promotion.

　　即使是现在，当然，维基百科中的链接会带来很大的流量，因此我们就要解决那些不合适的自我宣传。

　　But my vague sense is that the troubles have declined.

　　我大致可以感觉到，这为我们减少了一些麻烦。

　　Apparently you sat at a long dinner table with Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis at Wikimania in 2006，and during this dinner, Calacanis “begged you” (his words) to sell ads on Wikipedia.

　　2006年，你与Mahalo (—款人力搜索引擎）的总裁贾森卡拉卡尼斯一起共进晚餐，其间卡拉卡尼斯“乞求”（原话）您给他们一个在维基百科上做广告的机会。

　　He claimed that if you put a leaderboard up, Wikipedia would generate over $100 million a year.

　　他承诺如果你允许安放广告，维基百科每年将有超过10亿元进账。

　　He later offered a more modest revenue proposal, one that involved putting a search box on the Wikipedia.

　　之后他还给出了更高的价格，希望可以在维基百科中添加捜索条。

　　He estimated this would make $6 million a year, which is ironic considering $6 million is what you raised last year via charitable donations.

　　他估计这大概每年会有600万美元收入，而讽剌的是，去年你们通过慈善捐赠募集600万美元的经费很辛苦。

　　Can you ever envision a scenario in which the Wikipedia community would agree to put ads on the site, especially in light of the fact that it met its $6 million donation goal last year?

　　有没有想 过在维基百科上放置广告，尤其是从去年的情况来看，很可能会给你们带来600万美元的收益？

　　Actually, I sat next to Jason, but I didn’t know who he was. Afterwards, when he published his post about the dinner, I didn’t really remember him.

　　事实上，我坐在贾森旁边却不知道他是谁。之后他发表了关于那顿晚餐的一篇帖子，我还是没有想起来他是谁。

　　I regret saying so publicly, because this seems to have hurt Jason’s feelings.

　　我很抱歉这样公开的说这件事儿了，因为这有点伤害贾森的感受。

　　I was exhausted that evening, and the fault was entirely mine.

　　那天晚上我很累，是我做的不对。