Dear all,
I have submitted a grant proposal on ScalaWiki data processing toolbox [1],
and I am expecting feedback from you, as most of my Wikimedia work relates to supporting WLE/WLM projects, various article contests etc.
I think that we need some kind of a universal toolbox to define and execute processing of Wikipedia related data, as getting the right data takes a lot of time and efforts, requires specific skills. The process needs to be more universal and relatively easier.
In a nutshell: there is a lot of data out there. And I think it needs to be accessible for everyone,
we do not need to create specific tool every time there is a new question or data to look for.