Wikifunctions is acollaboratively edited catalog ofcomputer functions to enable the creation, modification, and reuse ofsource code.[2][3] It is closely related toAbstract Wikipedia, an extension ofWikidata to create a language-independent version of Wikipedia using itsstructured data.[4][5][6] Provisionally namedWikilambda,[7] the definitive name ofWikifunctions was announced on 22 December 2020 following a naming contest.[8] Wikifunctions is the firstWikimedia project to launch since Wikidata in 2012.[9]After three years of development, Wikifunctions officially launched in July 2023.[10]
In person presentation of Wikifunctions in Singapore on 17 August, 2023
^Harrison, Stephen (1 September 2021)."Wikipedia Is Trying to Transcend the Limits of Human Language".Slate.Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved1 September 2021.At heart, Wikifunctions is rather technical: It will let the community create functions—that is, sequences of computer programming instructions. These functions will use data as inputs, apply an algorithm, and calculate an output, which can be rendered into one of the natural human languages to answer questions.
^Couto, Luis; Teixera Lopes, Carla (15 September 2021). "Equal opportunities in the access to quality online health information? A multi-lingual study on Wikipedia".17th International Symposium on Open Collaboration. OpenSym 2021. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. p. 12.doi:10.1145/3479986.3480000.ISBN978-1-4503-8500-8.S2CID238992827.
