[Wikipedia-l] Re: Fundraising

[Kurt Jansson]

Joachim Kerschbaumer wrote:

> translated:
> "Without a separate Organisation the German Wikipedia with all its
> Claims is condemned to fail anyway. Is there really not one?!!!"
> 
> Maybe with comments like this you can imagine how hard it is to tell
> people in Germany "Wikipedia is hosted in America"...

Come on Fantasy, Heinz is a known troll, don't take this serious.

But it is true that many German Wikipedias (and I'm one of them) think 
that things are evolving much too slow, and that there isn't much we can 
do about it. Our servers have been much too slow most of the time, but 
Ibiblio has offered to host parts of the project or the whole thing if 
we wanted. I'm sure others would also host Wikipedia with greatest 
pleasure. But Jimbo has rejected this offer.
Now we are waiting for him to fill out the foundation's request for tax 
exempt status, to open a German/European bank account, to buy a new 
server, etc.

I know this sounds ungrateful, and I'm sorry for this. I adore Jimbo for 
what he has done, and I'm very thankful that he has spend so much money 
on the project. But it's also true that he's a bottle-neck like most 
benevolent dictators are.


Kurt