[Foundation-l] wikipedia.de shut down

Waerth waerth at asianet.co.th
Mon Nov 17 08:46:22 UTC 2008


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>> 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.
>   
So we should send the guy flowers and thank him publicly with a banner 
for suing us! O:-) 
Or is that to humiliating for him :)

Now let's see which other politicians can we upset to have them start a 
lawsuit :-D

W



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