[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia is not a dictionary (was: Re: Old Wikipedia backups discovered)

[Steve Summit]

Anthony wrote:
> The failures of Wikinews and Wiktionary are probably due in large part
> to imposition of too much structure - in Wiktionary the formatting
> requirements...

Not sure I'd call Wiktionary a "failure".  But if it is, it's
arguably a failure of Mediawiki to adequately support that
structure, which is necessary for a dictionary (especially a
multilingual one).