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German Wikipedia Threatened w/ Injunction
TheEagleCD writes "Wikipedia.de, the German version of the popular Wikipedia Encyclopedia, is currently closed due to a German court order. A detailed account of the current controversy [en.wikipedia.org] is available, the short version is that the family of "Tron" (Boris Floricic) - a German hacker and phreaker - is trying to force Wikipedia.de from removing the family name from his entry." As I write this the site is back up, as is the tron entry that caused the whole mess. However it does appear that the entire domain was briefly shut down over one entry.
First, Wikipedia is under control of the Wikimedia Foundation [wikimedia.org] these days, not just Jimmy Wales
i was under the impression that he had stacked the board by placing two members who were appointed by himself and had nothing else to do with wikipedia. (its a 5 member board iirc)
in other words if he wants to force a descision though the wikimedia board he can.
note: i'm known as plugwash most places but i screwd up registering that here somehow in the past and now can't register
He's also the employer of one of the other members of the board.