[Foundation-l] wikipedia.de shut down

[Robert Rohde]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 9:02 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/11/16 Ian A. Holton <poeloq at gmail.com>:
>
>> This isn't the first time the German chapter has had an interim injunction
>> issued against them[2], but everytime the matter has been resolved in a
>> professional manner and the media have been very pro-Wiki.[3][4]
>> [2] http://www.toytowngermany.com/lofi/index.php/t28622.html
>> [3] http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number4.2/wikipedia
>> [4] http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/02/09/1323220.shtml
>
>
> Donations to WMDE are apparently coming in very fast because of this:
> http://wiwowo.blogspot.com/2008/11/internet-cannot-be-censured.html
>
> I'm reluctant to advocate upset politicians as a fundraising tool, but ...

In addition to the very large jump (+450%) in donations to the German
chapter, there was a small jump (+15%) in donations to the WMF.  Now
15% isn't a lot to hang a conclusion on, but I think it is still fair
to say that this political chicanery hasn't hurt WMF fundraising
efforts either.

-Robert Rohde