Wikifunctions

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Wikifunctions
anonymous functions expressed with the concepts of lambda calculus.
Type of site
Founded2020
OwnerWikimedia Foundation
Created byDenny Vrandečić
URLwikifunctions.org
CommercialNo
Launched26 July 2023; 8 months ago (2023-07-26)

Wikifunctions is a

Wikimedia 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

References

  1. ^ "Abstract Wikipedia/Updates/2021-10-27". Meta-wiki. 27 October 2021. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  2. ^ Harrison, Stephen (1 September 2021). "Wikipedia Is Trying to Transcend the Limits of Human Language". Slate. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 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.
  3. S2CID 238992827
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  4. ^ Hill, Paul (13 April 2020). "Wikidata founder floats idea for balanced multilingual Wikipedia". Neowin. Archived from the original on 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. ^ Čížek, Jakub (14 April 2020). "Wikidata.org: Představte si databázi, ve které by jednou mělo být úplně všechno". Živě.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 16 September 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  6. ZDNet France (in French). Archived
    from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Abstract Wikipedia/Name". Meta-wiki. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  8. ^ Vrandečić, Denny. "Wiki of functions naming contest". Abstract-Wikipedia mailing list. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  9. ^ Harrison, Stephen (1 September 2021). "Wikipedia Is Trying to Transcend the Limits of Human Language". Slate. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  10. ^ Vrandecic, Denny (26 July 2023). "Wikifunctions is up (read-only), Welcome Megan, and we are hiring!".

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