"Slim Virgin" So what is the untoward thing, in your view?
Briefly, the illusion of prestige comparable to an academic.
Seth Finkelstein I also don't want to deal with The Attack Of The Strawmen
David Gerard As I understand from your Guardian piece, your theory is more or less (and correct me word by word as needed): Wikipedia is a cult of ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Jimbo's personality, where he gets everyone to write stuff for him for free, so that he can profit from it using Wikia.
Sigh. I rest my case :-(.
David, if you take a swipe that arguably includes me, I think it's fair to do a "Marshall McLuhan right here" bit, and correct the ideas. That is, the range of cults encompasses far, far, more than people who end up in the woods setting themselves on fire. Moreover, "New Age" groups can be particularly upbeat in certain ways. Cults typically have love in them as well as hate.
But I'm sensitive to the fact that it's not really laudable for an outsider to go to a project list and criticize the ideology of the project. So I'm trying to walk a line there.
You're going to declare yourself the winner anyway, so I might as well not waste any time over it.