The Dutch Wikipedia is much younger than the English. If you could see the English Wikipedia when it was the same age as the Dutch is now,
That would be this January.
How do you mean? You mean last January? The Dutch Wikipedia is only 5 months younger than the English? That sounds unlikely.
In the mean time, just do what you can to add refs and make corrections - hopefully people will follow your lead.
Two months ago, a translation of an English article was nominated as Featured Article on the Dutch wikipedia. It nearly failed; the main objection was "too many refs". ([[nl:Wikipedia:Etalage/Archief_Aanmelding_kandidaten_(nieuwe_stijl)#George_Washington_.28uitvinder.29]])
In their defence, a large number of refs can be a sign of OR. Bringing things together from lots of places and drawing your own conclusions (whether explicitly or implicitly) is OR. It is best to get everything from one ref where possible.