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+== re: Wikipedia  ==
+Well, I did have a specific plan. :-)
+No worries.  I'm not wedded to my plan.
+Okay, here's my thinking:
+Wikipedia is really important.  It's important in English because it's the biggest wiki and it gets the most press.  It's important in general because it's changing the way people conceive of the expert/peon split.  Given that, it's really important for us to have all Wikipedias represented here.  The redlinks shown on all wikipedia pages help others see that there's work to be done.  It's an invitation of sorts.  (As an aside, I believe this technique is useful for all wikis that have seperate language versions of the same thing. [[Uncyclopedia]] or something like that is another one I've already started.  WikiMedia has other examples.)  Anyway, another reason to do it is to emphasize the connections between these different wikipedias.  Other wikis aren't bound the way the wikipedias are.  They all have the same mission, just different languages, so tying them together tightly on our site is important.  I also really like the category:wikipedia, so even if we go with my template, I'd like to put the category in it.
+Any change in your thoughts now that you know there's a reason?  peace, [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 08:44, 17 May 2006 (EDT)