A very important bonding and befriending exercise for me was my participation in the writing of European Toilet Paper Holder and the subsequent occasional silliness that has flowed from that. This kind of play has in turn led to encyclopedia enhancements like WP:FLC or the [[List of cultural references in the Divine Comedy]]. In my experience some trust and friendship develops from cooperation on an article. Equally, some articles develop from friendly discussion arising from play.
Theo
On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 13:38:49 +0100, David Gerard wrote:
�I do see your point on this. It's why some people complain of an�"IRC �clique" - i.e., IRC habitues tend to know each other as reasonable�folk to �chat to, so form a picture of each other as humans rather than�nametags on �disagreements. In-person wikimeets do this too. Interesting. Do the�various �Collaboration Of The Week projects have any similar effect? What�else does?
in response to�Oskar Sigvardsson writing:
�The chess championship is a way for users to interact in a way �that is�not related to disputes.