[Wikipedia-l] foundation of a German registered association

[Kurt Jansson]

Evan Prodromou wrote:

> If German Wikipedians can and want to raise funds, make decisions,
> etc., for the German-language Wikipedia (tough beans for Austrians and
> Swiss, btw), they should negotiate with Wikimedia to license the
> Wikipedia name, transfer operations to another data center (or pay
> Wikimedia for operating costs of de.w.o), and take
> responsibility. It's pretty wishy-washy to try to have it both ways.

Jimbo, what are the operating costs of de.w.o? And what are the costs 
for the whole project? I think it's pretty clear that keeping the 
servers running is our top priority. Sorry if this wasn't clear in my 
first mail.

(And sorry if other things weren't clear also. I spend about three or 
four times more time on an English mail than on a German one, and still 
I'm often uncertain if I got everything right.)


Kurt