"PG" == Peter Gervai grin@tolna.net writes:
PG> Just thinking out loud...
So, I'm just wondering who would give money to an organization that...
* Doesn't pay for, operate or maintain any of the Wikipedia resources (servers, bandwidth, legal expenses) * Doesn't have any decision-making power for any of the Wikipedias
If German Wikipedians can and want to raise funds, make decisions, etc., for the German-language Wikipedia (tough beans for Austrians and Swiss, btw), they should negotiate with Wikimedia to license the Wikipedia name, transfer operations to another data center (or pay Wikimedia for operating costs of de.w.o), and take responsibility. It's pretty wishy-washy to try to have it both ways.
~ESP