Issuepedia:Promotion

I'm thinking seriously about the idea of commercially exploiting Issuepedia, just a little. I'm a little concerned that this will hurt its credibility, but the benefits could be major. As I said extemporaneously in chat, "I think this issue hinges a great deal on the question of how people are likely to react. If, say, you find a site which you think is trying to fight for truth, justice, and the Vulcan Way, is it seriously off-putting to find that they're also trying to make a little money on the side? Or is it understood that even Vulcans gotta pay the rent?" Input and discussion of this is welcome.

Promotional ideas include:

Promotional Items

Mugs, t-shirts, bumper-stickers, whatever, with clever slogans on them (and the issuepedia URL)

possible slogans

• SOLSTICE: The Reason For The Season
• WILLFUL IGNORANCE: The One True Sin (picture of book-burning, or some creationism icon...)
• I am NOT under god (or I am NOT "under God")
• "Think Back!" (like "fight back", only there probably need to be more words to establish that context -- like "think back against oppression!")
  • related: "outthink despotism" or "outthink authoritarianism"
• (large letters:) THINK (smaller letters, underneath) Don't just do what the coffee mug tells you.
  • or "Tired of taking orders from your coffee mug? [new line] http://issuepedia.org"
• Join The First Church of Who! Because...
  • Who really cares.
  • Who really cares about you.
  • Who really gives a damn how you feel!
• Martin Luther quotes about religion

Issuepedia-specific

• "biased towards reality"
• "anti-ignorance. pro-sanity."
• "No More Stupid Soundbites!"
• "Please do pay attention to the man behind the curtain. – Issuepedia" or "Issuepedia: Paying attention to the man behind the curtain since 2005."

incomplete ideas

• series of quotes about the imminent arrival of Jesus, starting in 100AD...
• "ask me about..." genre of bumper-stickers
• "if you like ___, follow me home"

Pay-Per-Click Advertising

This wouldn't help so much with promotion, but might make it possible for me to spend more time/energy improving Issuepedia. Have to look at the site stats to get some idea. This idea is a distant second at best.