The arguments about forking seem to me to be too polarized, between all and piecemeal. As has been pointed out the level and quality of templates and other internal workings of wikipedia would be hard to duplicate piecemeal, so all at once makes sense. So why not make use of a "clean flag"
Wikipedia articles vary in quality not only from article to article, but within the history of a single article. Therefore, CZ should provide functionality to mark a specific history version as "clean." That would mean - this is the best copy we have out of wikipedia - a good starting point.
Clearly indicate at the top of the page on CZ disclaimers:
-Dirty article: This article is a duplicate of Wikipedia, and has the potential for errors," or whatever disclaimer seems appropriate.
-Clean article: This article is a duplicate of information on Wikipedia that has begun review by CZ.
-etc.
Put a stop sign image on the Dirty one, for example.
Then... be a mirror for all articles that do not have a "clean flag." Update as often as possible for the non-clean articles.
When any CZ editor starts editing, provide a way for that editor to review the clean flagged version to the recent changes on wikipedia - i.e. make sure there are not improvements that should be included. Then editing starts and it is all CZ.
This would make CZ the first stop for research - why go to Wikipedia first - CZ will "at least" have the same information, but, hopefully, the thing I am researching will have begun review by the CZ expert editors, or at least marked as "ok" or "clean".
This could be expanded to include say - New Articles must be on Wikipedia for at least 7 days to be in CZ. Any non-clean article that does not have an external link should be marked with an even stronger warning, etc.
The possiblities, if there is a process that supports continuous updating and improvement of Wikipedia articles, are great !!!
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