On 2012-06-12 23:19, Steve Bennett wrote:
I've been tasked with setting up a local copy of the English Wikipedia for researchers - sort of like another Toolserver. I'm not having much luck,
Have your researchers learn Icelandic. Importing the small Icelandic Wikipedia is fast. They can test their theories and see if their hypotheses make any sense. When they've done their research on Icelandic, have them learn Danish, then Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, before going to German and finally English. There's a fine spiral of language sizes around the North Sea.
It's when they are frustrated waiting for an analysis taking 15 minutes for Norwegian, that they will find smarter algorithms that will enable them to take on the larger languages.