One the problem with Tamil wikipedia is not the characters are not rendered correctly unless you set up the windows This could either be done by installing Windows LIP Language Interface Pack or either by setting up complex scripts for Windows XP 2003 or Indic support in Windows 2000 If you don t setup windows no body can read it So windows LIP is more important than Office LIP since it helps the reader to read Tamil wikipedia and of course other wikipedias as well whether we need or not how to articles is depending on the requirements I shall be very thankful if you can restore it Also have a look at my interview bhashaindia at