A question about the UTF-8 conversion, is it possible to have a bot convert the non UTF-8 stuff to UTF-8 on en:wiktionary ??
I belive there is a bot that does exactly that. You may want to contact Head at the german WP http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer_Diskussion:Head: he manages that bot (and he also wrote it, i belive).
Daniel