In reply to Jim.

The relevance of the linking site matters, but mostly it is the popularity of the site linking to you that influences how many visitors you get and how the search engines adjust their ranking of your site. I'm a PR4 site, Wikipedia is probably PR7, which is the difference between having a mom and pop hardware store on main street or being WalMart. So getting a link like that is great, long-term. I wonder if I can get one under "Known Obnoxious Expat Blogs".