Interesting article but it shows the cultural biais of Wikipedia, not a word about Asia where visiting cards might have been even more important to social interactions.
Less chance of being bitten by people who seems to think they does the planet a service by rejecting and deleting content.
I recognise this might only be a misunderstanding, I rarely get bitten myself but I have seen enough useful questions and answers being punished on SO and enough Meta discussions telling everyone how great this is to learn that the site is mostly not for me.
Welcomes? Over the years there have been many projects to make Wikipedia more welcoming to newcomers, because WP recognised that the "don't bite the newbies" guidance is nto always followed.
I don't know what it's like now. I'd be interested to see the results of surveys of new editors.
I've had edits rejected and I must say Wikipedia's 'assume good faith' policy makes it less hard on the newbie ego.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith
Maybe newbie edits that don't cut the mark is one of the processes that attempt to drive the quality upward.
It is a more general article on what we now call business cards, and contains a significant amount of information about the use of business cards in Japan and the etiquette involved.
OP, on the other hand, is about a specific precursor to the modern business card that only existed in the West.
Out would come this plain white business card, with 2 words printed: "My Card".
He would perform this satire with the most grace and seriousness he could muster.
It'd be fun if articles had links to their equivalents in other languages, with automatic translation. A problem with Wikipedia is that each language is a separate silo, which lowers the value of an universal encyclopedia.