Tech News 2025, week 17 - Wikitech-l

21 Apr 2025

Hi and thanks for integrating Wikifunctions.

Can you tell me an example using Wikifunctions in Dagbani Wikipedia?

Kind regards
Doc Taxon

Nick Wilson (Quiddity) <[email protected]> schrieb am Mo., 21.
Apr. 2025, 23:02:

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      * Wikifunctions
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        is now integrated with Dagbani Wikipedia
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        April 15. It is the first project that will be able to
        call functions from Wikifunctions
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        and integrate them in articles. A function is something
        that takes one or more inputs and transforms them into a
        desired output, such as adding up two numbers, converting
        miles into metres, calculating how much time has passed
        since an event, or declining a word into a case.
        Wikifunctions will allow users to do that through a simple
        call of a stable and global function
        <https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikifunctions:Catalogue>,
        rather than via a local template. [1]
        <https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikifunctions:Status_updates/2025-04-16>
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        problems are with those patterns and how to fix them. [2]
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      * Following its publication on HuggingFace, the "Structured
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        This Beta initiative is focused on making Wikimedia data
        more machine-readable for high-volume reusers. They are
        releasing this beta version in a location that open
        dataset communities already use, in order to seek
        feedback, to help improve the product for a future wider
        release. You can read more about the overall Structured
        Contents project
        <https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/blog/structured-contents-snapshot-api/#open-datasets>,
        and about the first release that's freely usable
        <https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/blog/structured-contents-wikipedia-infobox/>.
      * There is no new MediaWiki version this week.

    *Meetings and events*

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        who work with newcomers, or help to fix this kind of
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        meeting will be on April 28, 2025
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