Mark Williamson wrote:
The community dynamic is very different from any existing Wikipedia because these people have all seen each other, and if nessecary can meet face-to-face to discuss problems without much hassle.
It's worth noting that when the Dutch wikipedia had their symposium last fall, there was a similar effect -- esp. since Waerth came all the way from Thailand to be there. That is, the vast majority of major contributors and "famous people" were all there... even ones who were not getting along well at the time.
This is one of the disadvantages that en has compared to many other languages -- there is no realistic hope of ever getting together all the most famous people on en at the same time. (Unless someone wants to donate a huge amount of money to sponsor a conference where the travel for them is paid!)
--Jimbo