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Research:Newsletter/2026/May - Meta-Wiki

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This paper[1] by Michael Falk (of the WikiHistories project) uses Critical Code Studies methods to examine Wikilambda, the extension of the MediaWiki software that underlies Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia. Wikifunctions, a collaboratively edited library of computer functions, is the newest Wikimedia project, launched in 2023. Abstract Wikipedia, a language-independent version of Wikipedia that the Wikimedia Foundation has been developing since 2020, relies on Wikifunctions and thereby Wikilambda to convert structured data from Wikidata into natural language. In other words, Wikilambda is the programming language using Wikifunctions to fetch structured data and facts from Abstract Wikipedia, to translate it into other written language. Published in the journal AI & Society, the paper argues that Wikilambda is an attempt to create a 'perfect language'. Comparing it to previous attempts to create perfect languages, the paper suggests Wikilambda cannot meet its stated goals, and poin

From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki WikiLambda the Ultimate By: e mln e and Tilman Bayer "Wikilambda the ultimate: the Wikimedia foundation’s search for the perfect language" [edit] Reviewed by User:e_mln_e This paper[1] by Michael Falk (of the WikiHistories project) uses Critical Code Studies methods to examine Wikilambda, the extension of the MediaWiki software that underlies Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia. "Wikifunctions – Top-level architectural model" (from 2021, by the Wikimedia Foundation, reproduced as figure 1 in the paper) Favicon of Wikifunctions…

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