The Associated Press:
“The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the collaborative Web encyclopedia, reached a temporary settlement with a Berlin court that will let users access the German-language version of Wikipedia at http://de.wikipedia.org, hosted in the United States, instead of its usual http://www.wikipedia.de.”
— Businessweek

Another version:
“The German version of Wikipedia returned to the Internet on Friday after three days offline, a blackout prompted by a lawsuit in which the parents of a dead hacker objected to the site’s use of his real name.”
— Forbes

This is so mindbogglingly wrong that I don’t even know where to begin.

1. The German version of Wikipedia is *always* at http://de.wikipedia.org/

2. The site was never shut down not even for a single instant

3. The http://www.wikipedia.de/ domain belongs to the German Verein (a club of Wikipedia users, a local chapter).

4. That domain has never been used to access the encyclopedia. There was always a courtesy notice on the 404-not-found page there, telling people the correct URL.

5. The Wikimedia Foundation has never been served process about any action against us in German court.

6. The Wikimedia Foundation has not reached any temporary settlement with any Berlin court — we have no contact with any Berlin courts.

7. The German Verein was ordered very briefly to not point people to the http://de.wikipedia.org/ — a rather stupid order which was quickly reversed — but in any event an order with absolutely no material meaning since that domain has never been used to access Wikipedia at all.