[WikiEN-l] What sparked your interest in Wikipedia? (was Google thinks Wikipedia is a news source)

[Charles Matthews]

I heard of WP, as of early 2003 I suppose, on MeatBall Wiki. This sort 
of thing: http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?EnglishWikipedia. Wow, 
they deleted 100 pages a day. With their bare hands. StephenGilbert 
talking about an IP number vandal, I do recall. I was on Meatball 
because a BusStop had been placed on Sensei's Library, the go wiki, 
where I was busy at the time. So that, folks, is how I flew the Atlantic 
to WP. Actually I wasn't that attracted immediately by the concept.

Charles