On Sunday 25 January 2004 03:19 pm, Lars Aronsson wrote:
Ulrich Fuchs wrote:
Lars Aronssen mentioned on the german list the "Medizins sans frontiere" (is ist "medicines without frontieres" in english?). As far as I can see, they
I mentioned them as one of several international organizations that have national chapters. The French name is Medecins Sans Frontiers (www.msf.org), the German section is www.aerzte-ohne-grenzen.de
One thing that can be observed is that on the top right of their German website is a bank account for donations (Spendenkonto). This is a German bank account that belongs to the German section. This could be food for thought: If a German membership association ("e.V.") for Wikipedia is founded, and it opens a bank account, can this bank account be displayed on the front de.wikipedia.org, or would that be reserved for bank accounts directly belonging to Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Florida USA? Of course, the website ultimately belongs to the American foundation, and so does the decision.
Of course, for MSF the main activity is sending doctors to work abroad in developing countries or disaster areas, and their website is just a minor expense in their budget. The German MSF website belongs to the German section, etc. In contrast, the German Wikipedia website is not owned by the German membership organization, but by the American Foundation.
Maybe a good first step would be to stop calling Wikimedia "American", as it aims to be the international body which governs all the wikimedia projects.
Best, Sascha Noyes