From: "Merritt L. Perkins" mlperkins3@juno.com
Please forgive my ignorance.
- Are there members?
We are all members.
- What are they members of?
Members of the community of those involved with Wikipedias.
- How do they become members?
By participating.
- How do they know that they have been accepted?
None needed, only participation is required. All are accepted,.
It seems that when a person becomes a member he should receive a membership certificate. This could be something that he can download and print out to put in a frame and hang on the wall. It could have a fancyborder. I haven't seen any information about this. Merritt L. Perkins
Why not make up a certificate and post it on the Meta Wiki?
Then we can all download it, add our names, print it out, and put it on the wall. A fancy border would be nice, like a stock certificate.
Maybe Jimbo will even allow his mechanical signature to be reproduced on it. It could say something like
"I hereby certify this person is a member of the Wikipedia community because they decided to participate. " /signed/ Jimmy Wales Founder and Lord of All Wikipedian Realms
Here is an example of the Left-Handers Club certificate: http://www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk/library/Membership_certificate.pdf
It could also have the new logo on it! Maybe we should have a membership certificate contest too! (I'm not joking)
Alex756