On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, at 10:55, Juergen Fenn wrote:
> 2014-11-23 14:59 GMT+01:00 Anders Wennersten <m...@anderswennersten.se>:
> 
> > The decline in editors are among the steepest of any community
> 
> I would like to say that the German chapter is not really responsible
> for the recent decline of editors in German Wikipedia. This is due to
> the introduction of the superprotect right. It is Lila Tretikov and
> Erik Möller alone who are to be held responsible for that. Many of us
> have lost interest in editing much after the scandal, and there is
> nothing WMDE can do in order to turn this around. The German-speaking
> community will probably not recover from this blow. The ball lies in
> the bay area, and it has not been played since September.
> 
> Regards,
> Jürgen.

Were that the case, I'd've expected WM-DE to dissolve in protest. That it 
exists suggests that things would continue to work the same way - with the 
Chapter supporting outreach and similar activities - for another while.

--
svetlana

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