From: wikien-l-bounces(a)Wikipedia.org
[mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of jayjg
Sent: Friday, 6 January 2006 10:26
To: English Wikipedia
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] The userbox fad
On 1/5/06, Peter Mackay <peter.mackay(a)bigpond.com> wrote:
> From: wikien-l-bounces(a)Wikipedia.org
> [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of jayjg
> Sent: Friday, 6 January 2006 09:24
> To: English Wikipedia
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] The userbox fad
>
> On 1/5/06, Peter Mackay <peter.mackay(a)bigpond.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: wikien-l-bounces(a)Wikipedia.org
> > > [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of jayjg
> >
> > > > There are better social clubs available on the net. If
> > > socialising is
> > > > truly their main interest, then they'll go elsewhere
> soon enough.
> > >
> > > There are no social clubs available on the net with the
> prestige of
> > > Wikipedia. It is a top 20 website.
> >
> > Surely, using your own definition, that would mean that
> there are 19
> > more attractive ones?
>
> Not really, since the others don't allow people to do
this kind of
thing.
Ah. So you see Wikipedia as a social club. A prestigious
social club.
Actually, I've been arguing the exact opposite.
Are you sure
you're reading my e-mails?
You said: "There are no social clubs available on the net with the prestige
of Wikipedia." That looks like a statement that Wikipedia is the most
prestigious social club available on the net. If you meant the exact
opposite, perhaps you should have been less ambiguous in your wording!
I mean, you specifically ruled out the other 19 more prestigious sites.
Presumably you agreed with the rest of my post, including the part where I
said, "I suspect that we are playing with words now."
Pete, never averse to a spot of wordplay