Hi Jay,
This is highly unlikely. Despite the popularity of past test-wikipedias, they usually grow much slower than that.
If it appears that they're going to get so big so fast, I think the creation of a Wikipedia for them might be expidited to prevent such a thing from happening.
In the event that a test Wikipedia does get to be that huge, it is the responsibility primarily of the contributors to transfer all articles. However, I think somebody would help.
Mark
On 08/07/05, ilooy ilooy.gaon@gmail.com wrote:
2005/7/7, Mark Williamson node.ue@gmail.com:
[...] You can also do the same for Ladino (I would recommend http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Test-wp/lad/ ), and it would probably have a better chance of getting created sooner if you did.
Please note that, as noted at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposed_policy_for_wikis_in_new_languages , the current policy or lack thereof means that a new Wiki can be created at the whim of a developer. Thus, 5 supporters is not a hard and fast requirement. If you have 3 people, and the 3 of you build a test Wikipedia of a considerable size, it's quite possible that a Wikipedia could be created for you anyhow. [...]
Thanks Mark for your suggestion. I think it's a good one, except for the fact that if there is some interest right off and a hundred or so articles show up in a few days and then we go over to a Ladino sub-domain, what will happen with the submitted articles? Would the community be expected to transfer these one by one, or is there some bot written that can harvest the articles and transfer them to the new space?
With regards, Jay B.