On Thursday 27 December 2007 21:42, Milos Rancic wrote:
On 12/27/07, Daniel Arnold <arnomane(a)gmx.de>
wrote:
This is *only* about the way choosen to create
the Volapük Wikipedia.
Besides my comment on Meta: Generated articles are more then valid
(please, add sources in all articles!). I may see that one or
combination of the next may be the reasons for demanding such nonsense
action: (1) someone is afraid with so much articles, (2) someone
doesn't like to see that a small community is able to make the same
number of articles as big ones, (3) someone is preparing field for
removing all bot-generated articles and forbidding such actions. In
all cases, please go firstly to the English, French, Italian and
Polish Wikipedias.
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.
Is someone interested to work with me in order to improve it further? I'd add
that Serbian Wikipedian community might be willing to test it.
(And, if my opinion is needed: I don't think that Volapuk Wikipedia should be
closed. Yes, only a few speakers, but a historically important conlang.)