At 06:43 PM 9/7/03 -0400, Merritt wrote: No. There are editors, contributors, and readers (all overlapping sets). At the moment, there is nothing to be a member of. Since there are no members, these questions are moot. It's not an accepted/rejected thing: you become a contributor by contributing. It seems to me that (a) you still don't understand Wikipedia, and (b) because it's a Wiki, if someone wants to create membership certificates, they can go ahead and do so, and make them available. -- Vicki Rosenzweig vr(a)redbird.org http://www.redbird.org

From: "Merritt L. Perkins" <mlperkins3(a)juno.com> We are all members. Members of the community of those involved with Wikipedias. By participating. None needed, only participation is required. All are accepted,. 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