Who wants to go poke Mugabe, maybe we will get even more money?
________________________________ From: Robert Rohde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 10:22:21 PM Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] wikipedia.de shut down 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 media have been very pro-Wiki.[3][4] >> [2] http://www.toytowngermany.com/lofi/index.php/t28622.html >> [3] http://www.edri.org/edrigram/number4.2/wikipedia >> [4] http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/02/09/1323220.shtml > > > 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. -Robert Rohde _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
