[WikiEN-l] The real competition, was Re: Britannica quote of the day

[charles matthews]

"Mathias Schindler" wrote
> charles matthews wrote:
>>  "Mark Gallagher" wrote
>>
>>> We're not *exactly* competing with Britannica.
>>
>> Indeed. If you looked at Alexa, you'd say our main rival was blogger.com.
>
> Wrong metrics will lead to wrong conclusions.

I don't think my comment was inane.  People have a choice between writing 
about themselves, their opinions, pets and so on; or of contributing factual 
material to Wikipedia.  There is an overlap, which may only increase.

Charles