Is there a license requirement for the ads? Can we assume the images are under the same CC license as the rest of the SO content? (I'm asking for reusability in other FLOSS ad networks.) Commented Jan 14, 2011 at 19:56

@mario is that FLOSS as in TWIT? Commented Jan 14, 2011 at 19:58

I figured you were. FLOSS is the name of a podcast on the This Week In Tech network, check out twit.tv/floss Commented Jan 14, 2011 at 20:07

@mario: As the original owner of the material (Licensor), you are allowed to post your ad on other networks WITHOUT attribution (i.e. "Licensor reserves the right to release the Work under different license terms...", Section 7(b) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/legalcode). But that only applies to you. Everyone else would have to provide attribution if they re-posted your ad. And yes, all user-contributed content is licensed under CC BY-SA for reuse (with attribution), including the ads. Commented Jan 14, 2011 at 20:33

I noticed the format for the ad uses the alt text space for the title text. Shouldn't we use the title text for the erm... title text? Some browsers do not show the alt text when you mouseover the image. Commented Jan 15, 2011 at 5:09

Indeed, the template is wrong. In sane browsers, the alt text is NOT shown on mouse over. And even when shown by non-compliant browsers, the alt should be describing what is missing, not some tag line. So maybe it should be labeled "The text used on browsers that don't support images" (like by readers used by visually impaired). If a mouse over is wanted too, then besides the alt attribute, the title should be specified as well, after the image or link URL. Like: [1]: http://image-url "Tagline to show on mouseover" Commented Jan 16, 2011 at 13:14

@Rebecca: Can you please clarify something as there seems to be a bit of confusion: some of the ads were posted in the previous threads, but never got the 6-vote threshold and therefore were never shown. It was understood last time that the ads that didn't make the cut were allowed to be reposted the next time around. Could we please have some clarification? Commented Jan 16, 2011 at 23:42

@mario: See this tool for an easy way to do that. Commented Jan 17, 2011 at 0:39

Note: As with previous iterations of this program, entries that have appeared as ads in previous periods are not eligible; however, previous entries that did not meet the minimum score threshold can be resubmitted. Commented Jan 17, 2011 at 18:25

Interested in election integrity? Got design skills? The ElectionAudits project (audit elections with good statistical confidence) needs some better icons/CSS/web design. Which is to say that, uh, I'm not the one to do a nice snazzy ad for it. Anyone willing to take a cut at it? Thanks :) Commented Jan 26, 2011 at 0:04

rads.stackoverflow.com/ossads/all => this link is broken. Commented Jan 26, 2011 at 11:47

Really once more. +1 for the great idea! Commented Feb 5, 2011 at 15:15

Although I'm using the image button to upload, I stackoverflow does not take my proposal. It keeps saying: "Community ads must have an image hosted at imgur.com - use the image button to upload". What's the problem with that? Commented May 26, 2011 at 15:05