Am Samstag, 29. Dezember 2007 09:40:46 schrieb Nikola Smolenski:
I am not sure if this is the right place and time, but I am using the opportunity to advertise what I believe is the solution for problems of this kind. It's called Data Extension and could be seen at http://www.rastko.net/~nikola/ .
With it, it is possible to effectively have articles about various topics similar to bot-generated articles without them actually being in the database. It is possible to kickstart a small Wikipedia by translating a handful of templates. And, it is possible to further expand the articles, as it is with bot generated articles.
I like people "just do things" but please do not "kickstart" small Wikipedias with template translation. It is that: A painfull kick in the ... of the people.
I simply don't want to sit in the same boat with people that think a bot generated article is useful. I don't want to sit in the same boat with projects that don't have the patience to grow sustainable.
If further small Wikipedias are starting to cheat like vo.wp I can guarantee you that there will be a split of Wikipedias.
Arnomane