On 27 Oct 2011, at 10:59, Chris Keating <[email protected]> wrote:

> I might upset a few people here, but,... Why does this even have to in
> any way link to Wikipedia?
> 
> Just because we've a pet 800lb gorilla is no reason to point people at
> it repeatedly.
> 
> Because Wikipedia has the biggest audience. Most partners care about getting 
> audience and exposure for their material. Our best offering there is 
> Wikipedia. 
> 
> It's the only Wikimedia project which is completely, unequivocally better 
> than its competitors. 
> 
> Not that this means everything has to have a Wikipedia angle, but it is an 
> important point. :-)

I dunno. Wikiquote is pretty cool: it's like other quote sites but with some 
actual rudimentary accuracy checking. ;-)

-- 
Tom Morris
<http://tommorris.org/>
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