[Wikipedia-l] Re: Fundraising

[Luc Van Oostenryck]

Kurt Jansson wrote:
> 
> 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

It's also my feeling and I suppose that it's the case of a lot of other contributors.

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