Alex J. Avriette wrote:
- What can we do to streamline or otherwise improve the performance of
the project? -- The "fancruft" thing has been nagging at me since David started attacking me on it. I really don't care what kind of article it is, but would it be possible to create "clusters" of articles (represented in the database as such) to make it easier for the database engine to find what it wants? I'll continue these thoughts in reply to David's message.
Actually, the developers have repeatedly stated that article numbers are not a concern (as I'm sure you must have been told already). This is not because there is no performance hit but because the performance hit is negligible.
I do strongly approve of merging small articles, however. I would not support a stand-alone school article, however, but I would support merging it with the relevant article on its locality. When there's enough information on it, it can be broken out into its own article. I won't go into philosophical reasons here since this is Wikitech-l, after all, but I do agree with the stance that small articles should be moved. I just think a point or two behind your reasoning is faulty. ;-)
John Lee ([[en:User:Johnleemk]])