>And there were a few members unwilling to share their knowledge about such sites.

as one who originally posted a *long list of other sites, and maintains one on my site, I can only say *bullshit* (to coin a farce).

as for Quinion, he was first mentioned here by some oldtimer (ycliu) back in April of 2000 (there ain't much more back than that), any many times thereafter.

there are a great many things wrong in this world, and on this board; but this (in my opinion) isn't one of them.