Market cap, yes. It is not the most valuable coin because there are coins where 1 unit > Litecoin's price. This discussion is offtopic to the thread however.
Most of your points are because of your love of Litecoin (aka
opinion), which under any forum not run by a 13 year old Xbox clan does not stand as a valid argument.
The begging is from a group of developers who have done nothing other than change variable names and merge changes back to LTC. They didn't write scrypt, they didn't implement scrypt, they didn't do anything useful. Litecoin has a valuation, however that valuation like Bitcoin is speculation based rather than usefulness / inventiveness / the benefits to other alt coins.
Why is this mutually beneficial to all ALT coins? Let's face it, Litecoin is the ALT coin golden child.
MtGox is the exchange golden child.
Every new coin is striving to be like Litecoin and imitate the success Litecoin has had.
Every new exchange is striving to imitate the success of Gox.
The more successful Litecoin is, the more likely more people are to speculate in other ALT coins,
This argument is flawed.
So, please explain to me how stickying MtGox as an official endorsement in the Currency Exchange section is beneficial to ALL exchanges, including BTC-e and Bitstamp and blah blah. This is why something being POPULAR is ABSOLUTELY NOT a reason for commercial endorsement by this forum, because it is not fair to other coins.
Remove all names on this subject. Think about it from an abstract and policy level.
"Should the most popular commercial project or service have a sticky for a non-PSA announcement at the determent of other competitors?"
Should BFL be sticked for anything other than important announcements?
Should MtGox be sticked for anything other than important announcements?
Should ASICMINER be stickied for anything other than important announcements?
Should Casascius (brand of coin) be stickied for anything other than important announcements?
Should Litecoin be stickied for anything other than important announcements?
This is not an important announcement. I am happy to express my arguments on this issue, however before we get to that step you need to conclude your current arguments.
http://twentytwowords.com/2011/03/15/a-flowchart-to-help-you-determine-if-youre-having-a-rational-discussion/