From: wikien-l-bounces(a)Wikipedia.org
[mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Michael Snow
I'm not suggesting the word-twisting should
continue, but
this entire discussion seems to have been carried on in
ignorance of the fact that there is, in fact, a better
alternative for people who choose their online communities
based purely on the amount of traffic they get.
MySpace currently ranks 13th according to Alexa, still quite
a few spots ahead of Wikipedia. I'm not sure that prestigious
is the word you're looking for (your average pundit would
probably resort to the tried and true "hip"), but whatever it
is they've got, it was worth $580 million to Rupert Murdoch.
Aha! Here we have the solution to Wikipedia's funding problems.
Thanks for that, Michael - I'm not "au lait" with the hip sites. In terms
of
culture, I'm still struggling with the Eighties. Where did it all go wrong?
Peter (Skyring)