On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, at 10:55, Juergen Fenn wrote:
2014-11-23 14:59 GMT+01:00 Anders Wennersten mail@anderswennersten.se:
The decline in editors are among the steepest of any community
I would like to say that the German chapter is not really responsible for the recent decline of editors in German Wikipedia. This is due to the introduction of the superprotect right. It is Lila Tretikov and Erik Möller alone who are to be held responsible for that. Many of us have lost interest in editing much after the scandal, and there is nothing WMDE can do in order to turn this around. The German-speaking community will probably not recover from this blow. The ball lies in the bay area, and it has not been played since September.
Regards, Jürgen.
Were that the case, I'd've expected WM-DE to dissolve in protest. That it exists suggests that things would continue to work the same way - with the Chapter supporting outreach and similar activities - for another while.
-- svetlana