[Intlwiki-l] Re: [Wikipedia-l] en.wikipedia.org vs www.wikipedia.org and the Wikipedia family

[koyaanisqatsi at nupedia.com]

Anthere Wrote:
>--- Gareth Owen <wiki at gwowen.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>> Anthere <anthere5 at yahoo.com> writes:
>> 
>> > But, from a conceptual point of view, that is
>> certainly not a portal. That's
>> > an *english* main page, with links to other
>> languages.  Sorry, but I like
>> > words to be used in their context.
>> 
>> What the hell *is* a portal (besides a internet
>> buzzword from about 1997)
>
>Is this type of question designed to make me sound as
>if I had absolutely no idea what I am talking about,
>or not worth listening because not using the best
>word, or designed to slow down any thinking process by
>drawing out a *detail*, or what ??
>
>If such is your concern, explain *yourself* what *you*
>think is a portal, or better, explain what should be
>www.wikipedia.org page to your opinion.

Anthere, I took the question to be sincere, though not especially diplomatic.  :-)  I also don't know what a portal is--I *think* I do, but I'm usually only partly right when I *think* I know something, and so I'm usually mostly wrong.

Yahoo is a portal, right?  ...  Or no?

kq