While I appreciate the sincerity of your opinion mav -- the question of purpose remains (as Danny stated) Where is the impetus for dividing up Wiki energies?
That these efforts would go toward feeding something else is almost irrelevant -- people can already take what they want *now, (provided FDL) -- why should the WP community put its energy into dividing its own community into tiers, classes, and camps? Life is full-enough of classes, tiers, and camps, -- let someone else set up an Web encyclopedia with peer-reviews and feel-good stamps of authority. They can call it whatever they want. ( Maybe theres one or two out there already. ) As for playing "Jesus" to the supposedly "Lazarus" Nupedia -- don't beat a dead horse.
Whats it trying to prove? It seems the only answer to that is to get non-believers to join Wiki-related (not actually Wiki) efforts , by changing the Wiki belief that got us all here in the first place. The highest principles -- FREEDOM/DEMOCRACY/OPENSOURCE -- embodied in a body of world community knowledge. This stuff is going on the *Ark, my friend.
Your idea seems to be like saying: (*exaggerated for effect) 'Let's get more people to join our congregation by putting a casino/brothel in the basement!' The philosophy of WP is not something that can just be turned around and made to mingle with the non-believer notions that "the Wikipedia is not authoritative." Sca-rew them. That notion, again, only comes from people 1. who've never believed in the Wiki faith, or 2. have lost the faith, or whos faith is slipping.
And, sincerely -- I mean none of this personally -- the comment about your 'choice of projects' was merely an echo of your comment previous.
Respectfully, -S-
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