Thread:Yatalu/@comment-15636815-20151012194734/@comment-4142476-20151014133606

Foreign wikis can't keep up: if it's a user who doesn't have time to create new pages three times a week, every single week (I don't know if I could even see myself doing that without skipping any) I think the chances are fair that they might not be able to keep up. However, I think you could try to simplify the work for them by posting messages on their wall with links to the English articles and when they were released, so that they just have to translate and not do their own research. Might be easier for them! Once there's a couple of people on the wiki, they can work together to keep it updated.

Image names not translated: well, then they'll just have to use the oldfashioned "image =" parameter, either or make it an "English pagename" parameter "en =" that adds both the image with .png and the English interlanguage link with. That way you'd hit two birds with one stone by making sure that every single of their pages automatically has an interlanguage link to their English equivalent!

Shared Image Repositories are not very widely known on the English community because they're near to never used there. Being a former English-only user (I admit, I sinned!) and now dual-wielding English(/multilingual) and Dutch as a native Dutch speaker, I only found out about the SIR a while after I became a Wikia Helper. Since, I've been sworn to them and I've been actively promoting them within my own community. We have them on w:c:NL.Disney, w:c:NL.ElderScrolls, w:c:NL.OnceUponATime, w:c:NL.Princeoftennis, and so on. The only disadvantage I have found so far is that the miniatures don't display in the categories. I do agree that there should be a help page about them though, so I could draft one and suggest it to be added.

Losing your users: that's a risk, yes, but if you have a chat where they can still hang out and knowledgeable admins on the English version, they might still stick around and either edit both, or just hop back in to ask for information. Besides, a lot of wikis have little to no contact with their international versions. If you already know this user, it'll be more easy to establish warm relationships with these foreign wikis and they can be the link between your English wiki and any future, possibly monolingual users. After all, a group of wikis about the same subject but in different languages are called a "wiki family" because they look a bit alike and have the same gene pool(/content matter). Estranged relatives isn't what you want :)

Portable infoboxes: I've noticed Staff have been helping some wikis here and there into getting them installed. I'm not sure how this works exactly and if they have prerequisites to get involved, but if you act quickly you might be able to get some help? At least I think it's worth a try to ask if you can get help building the new templates. If your wiki is planning on switching to Portable Infoboxes anyway, sending a message to Special:Contact/general might just be useful. I think Portable Infoboxes also have to do with mobile-friendliness.

If you have any questions left, I'm always here to answer (: