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Just learned that the German Wikipedia's usual URL http://www.wikipedia.de has been temporarily disabled for legal reasons. While the German site itself still remains online and accessible via Wikipedia.org, anyone using the old address is greeted by the following message:
( legal blather in German )
A statement posted at the German Wikinews.org http://de.wikinews.org/wiki/Hauptseite is linking these measures to Wikipedia's refusal to remove a prominent German hacker's birth name from an article dealing with said hacker's life and achievements.
http://de.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikipedia.de_au%C3%9Fer_Betrieb
Well, we are living in interesting times, aren't we?
( legal blather in German )
A statement posted at the German Wikinews.org http://de.wikinews.org/wiki/Hauptseite is linking these measures to Wikipedia's refusal to remove a prominent German hacker's birth name from an article dealing with said hacker's life and achievements.
http://de.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikipedia.de_au%C3%9Fer_Betrieb
Well, we are living in interesting times, aren't we?
