Gerard.Meijssen wrote:
LS,
Tim Starling wondered why we want to use so many messages in
wiktionary. The reason is that the same article can be copied to
another wiktionary (that contains the native content for the same
messages). This will result in a correct article for the word. As an
example the word [[Nederlands]], [[Engels]], [[English]] can be found
in the Japanese wiktionary.
Another example is when a translation has been added to a
participating wiktionary, this translation can be added to all other
participating wiktonaries. Yes, a bot needs to be written to do that,
but that is the intention. Example; I have added _loads_ of new
translations for the word [[English]] and [[Dutch]] on the
en:wiktionary. (Originating from Timwi's website and then nl:wiktionary)
This system of messages is Gerard's pet project with which he has
carried on despite some serious questioning at Wiktionary talk:MediaWiki
custom messages
<http://en.wiktionary.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wiktionary_talk:MediaWiki_custom_messages&redirect=no>
We don't need all those messages. The potential for Gerard's scheme
interfering with the efforts of others is too high. A bot would only
make things worse.
Ec