the Church of WP still lives somewhere. The Pantheon... was a great idea, but implemented? not sure where. commented out on a niche wikipage. something both funny and lauding and flaming at once.
cf. local wikiographies
Lots of small groups with passions about elevated figures
list orgs (x10), meta (x20) and internationally (x30)
there were quite a lot. where did the go, how did they fare in fading, how did they grow?