Re: [Foundation-l] wikipedia.de shut down

2008-11-19 Thread Ting Chen
Yes, I totally agree with Ziko. The article about Heilmann do had contents that are very questionable. There were content that are not proved and that are now removed, that must be removed according to our rule of living people biographies. Heilmann complained through his lawyer at first by

Re: [Foundation-l] wikipedia.de shut down

2008-11-19 Thread Marco Chiesa
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Ting Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heilmann complained through his lawyer at first by WikiMedia Deutschland. The chapter answered him that it is not responsible for the content on Wikipedia and they would do nothing. I agree with the first part of the

Re: [Foundation-l] wikipedia.de shut down

2008-11-19 Thread Ting Chen
Marco Chiesa wrote: The point is that the chapter is NOT responsible for the content of Wikipedia. If as a chapter we receive a suggestion/complain about something in Wikipedia, we forward the email to OTRS, because that's the address that's dedicated to these things. If there is a lawsuit, as

Re: [Foundation-l] wikipedia.de shut down

2008-11-19 Thread Ting Chen
David Gerard wrote: 2008/11/19 Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The chapter refused to look at the complaint or take any action at all? Unless there is some legal reason why they can't take responsibility (even as individuals responding to an e-mail complaint), I find that difficult to believe.

Re: [Foundation-l] wikipedia.de shut down

2008-11-19 Thread Nathan
Right, I wasn't clear. I was thinking it would be strange if the chapter members took no action, as members (even forwarding a complaint to OTRS), and the only explanation I had for that was the legal danger in appearing to take responsibility on behalf of the chapter. As long as they forward the

[Foundation-l] wikipedia.de shut down

2008-11-16 Thread Bryan Tong Minh
Apparently the German portal on wikipedia.de has been shut down after a legal case. Is there any more information on this? http://www.wikipedia.de/ Bryan ___ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe:

Re: [Foundation-l] wikipedia.de shut down

2008-11-16 Thread David Gerard
2008/11/16 David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 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 ... Here's the list. Dig the comments:

Re: [Foundation-l] wikipedia.de shut down

2008-11-16 Thread Robert Rohde
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 9:02 AM, David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/11/16 Ian A. Holton [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 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