I'm not thinking of an exclusive Russian / English wiki but one centered on these 5000 Russian words, with translations into any language we can muster. The trouble with wiktionary etc. is that you never know how widely used a given word is. And books with "basic vocabulary" usually concern themselves with typical tourist vocabulary and less with words you may actually encounter in written language. This list of 5000 words seems to have been compiled from a diverse range of written texts. It could act as a starting point for learners trying to get a widespread knowledge of useful words. More a tool for actively learning vocabulary, rather than another dictionary.

The original idea was just to create a spreadsheet with a line for each word, and a column for each language we find someone for to manage. It doesn't have to be a wiki, that was just a suggestion.

Robin