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by jl6 752 days ago
The source files appear to include pages from all namespaces, which is good, because a lot of the value of Wikipedia articles is held in the talk page discussions, and these sometimes get stripped from projects that use Wikipedia dumps.
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I'm curious what the main value you see in the talk pages? I almost never look at them myself.
They’re not so interesting for mundane topics, but for anything remotely controversial, they are essential for understanding what perspectives aren’t included in the article.