project of building a universal WikiWiki-based GFDL encyclopedia is what I care about.

Obviously, I think Wikipedia(TM, R, All Rights Reversed, etc.) is the best-of-breed implementation of the project, at least for the English language (with the best logo, too).

And if we all think of the project in these broad terms, then our particular implementation will generally win out; embrace and extend.

Then again, if you want to do the scutwork of competing with EL instead of working them back into the fold, then who am I to stop you? (Answer: no-one.) Just seems like there are better things to do.