Poor, Edmund W wrote:
Anyway, since there are lots of sharp minds ready to pounce on any bugs, why don't we start taking an organized look at the database structure? Who wants to work on database structure with me -- or, at least, is willing to let me sit in and watch?!
Back in August/September last year, I started working on a completely new Wiki engine for Wikipedia. I never got anywhere, but the database schema I devised back then is still available (scroll down a bit):
http://lionking.org/~timwi/t/wikipedia/wikipedia-iv.html
I'm no longer wanting to re-implement the entire software, especially since so many new features have arrived ({{msg}}, TOCs) and are about to arrive (categories), but I believe the database schema should nevertheless be revised.
I agree with Brion, and I'm sorry I replied to Timwi before reading Brion's "I forbid" post.
Although I agree with Brion that someone should probably do some profiling, I see no harm in discussing improvements that may not turn out to be *major* improvements. I certainly do NOT agree that anything that is clearly on-topic and constructive, should be "forbidden" by anybody.
Timwi