Some of the special pages, like Most Wanted, have been deactivated during busy times. Would it be a good idea to store the results of the last generated version as a "regular" article? Example: I request "Special:Most Wanted" when it is available. The link list I get is written into "Wikipedia:Most Wanted".
Good idea. Should the cached copy perhaps be in the Special: namespace, too, and uneditable? Otherwise people might be surprised when their edits are overwritten.
Having Talk: for the special pages might also be useful.
Regards,
Erik