From: wikien-l-bounces(a)Wikipedia.org
[mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of jayjg
Sent: Friday, 6 January 2006 09:24
To: English Wikipedia
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] The userbox fad
On 1/5/06, Peter Mackay <peter.mackay(a)bigpond.com> wrote:
From: wikien-l-bounces(a)Wikipedia.org
[mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of jayjg
> > There are better social clubs available on the net. If
> socialising is
> > truly their main interest, then they'll go elsewhere
soon enough.
>
> There are no social clubs available on the net with the
prestige of
Wikipedia. It is a top 20 website.
Surely, using your own definition, that would mean that
there are 19
more attractive ones?
Not really, since the others don't allow people to do this
kind of thing.
Ah. So you see Wikipedia as a social club. A prestigious social club.