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November 18th, 2008

Lutz Heilmann a sleaze? German Wikipedia online again at .de domain, and thousands are reading the evil article

By David Rothman

wikipedialogo2 In a victory for free speech, the German-language Wikipedia is back online despite a far-left pol’s claim that it defames him.

Here’s the fun part. Spurred on by the fuss, more people than ever have now read the evil article about Lutz Heilmann—and the German edition is finding new donors. German version here.

Related: New York Times item and earlier TeleRead mention of the controversy (at end of post).

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