Wikifunctions

{{Short description|Wikimedia open library of reusable code}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

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| logo_caption = The Wikifunctions logo,{{cite web|title=Abstract Wikipedia/Updates/2021-10-27|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-10-27|access-date=27 October 2021|publisher=Meta-wiki|date=27 October 2021|archive-date=27 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027135728/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2021-10-27|url-status=live}} which features a lambda at its centre. The symbol is used in mathematical logic and computer science to introduce anonymous functions expressed with the concepts of lambda calculus.

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| caption = Main page of Wikifunctions, 2024

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| commercial = No

| type = {{hlist|Wiki|encyclopedia}}

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| owner = Wikimedia Foundation

| author = Denny Vrandečić

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| name = Wikifunctions

| launched = {{start date and age|2023|07|26|df=yes}}

| founded = 2020

| website = {{URL|https://wikifunctions.org}}

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Wikifunctions is a collaboratively edited catalog of computer functions to enable the creation, modification, and reuse of source code.{{Cite web|last=Harrison|first=Stephen|date=1 September 2021|title=Wikipedia Is Trying to Transcend the Limits of Human Language|url=https://slate.com/technology/2021/09/wikipedia-human-language-wikifunctions.html|url-status=live|access-date=1 September 2021|website=Slate|language=en|quote=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.|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901123816/https://slate.com/technology/2021/09/wikipedia-human-language-wikifunctions.html}}{{Cite book|last1=Couto|first1=Luis|last2=Teixera Lopes|first2=Carla|title=17th International Symposium on Open Collaboration |chapter=Equal opportunities in the access to quality online health information? A multi-lingual study on Wikipedia |date=15 September 2021|series=OpenSym 2021|location=New York, NY, USA|publisher=Association for Computing Machinery|page=12|doi=10.1145/3479986.3480000|isbn=978-1-4503-8500-8|s2cid=238992827|doi-access=free}} It is closely related to Abstract Wikipedia, an extension of Wikidata to create a language-independent version of Wikipedia using its structured data.{{cite news|last1=Hill|first1=Paul|date=13 April 2020|title=Wikidata founder floats idea for balanced multilingual Wikipedia|work=Neowin|url=https://www.neowin.net/news/wikidata-founder-floats-idea-for-balanced-multilingual-wikipedia/|access-date=2 July 2020|archive-date=2 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902232513/https://www.neowin.net/news/wikidata-founder-floats-idea-for-balanced-multilingual-wikipedia|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Čížek|first1=Jakub|date=14 April 2020|title=Wikidata.org: Představte si databázi, ve které by jednou mělo být úplně všechno|language=cs|work=Živě.cz|url=https://www.zive.cz/clanky/wikidataorg-predstavte-si-databazi-ve-ktere-by-jednou-melo-byt-uplne-vsechno/sc-3-a-203414/default.aspx|access-date=2 July 2020|archive-date=16 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916235250/https://www.zive.cz/clanky/wikidataorg-predstavte-si-databazi-ve-ktere-by-jednou-melo-byt-uplne-vsechno/sc-3-a-203414/default.aspx|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Noisette|first1=Thierry|date=5 July 2020|title=Abstract Wikipedia: un projet de traductions de l'encyclopédie depuis sa base de données|language=fr|work=ZDNet France|url=https://www.zdnet.fr/blogs/l-esprit-libre/abstract-wikipedia-un-projet-de-traductions-de-l-encyclopedie-depuis-sa-base-de-donnees-39906207.htm|access-date=6 July 2020|archive-date=5 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305142154/https://www.zdnet.fr/blogs/l-esprit-libre/abstract-wikipedia-un-projet-de-traductions-de-l-encyclopedie-depuis-sa-base-de-donnees-39906207.htm|url-status=live}} Provisionally named Wikilambda,{{cite web|title=Abstract Wikipedia/Name|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Name|access-date=7 July 2020|publisher=Meta-wiki|archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703133621/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Name|url-status=live}} the definitive name of Wikifunctions was announced on 22 December 2020 following a naming contest.{{cite web|last1=Vrandečić|first1=Denny|title=Wiki of functions naming contest|url=https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/abstract-wikipedia/2020-December/000341.html|access-date=24 December 2020|website=Abstract-Wikipedia mailing list|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122033923/https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/abstract-wikipedia/2020-December/000341.html|url-status=live}} Wikifunctions is the first Wikimedia project to launch since Wikidata in 2012.{{Cite web|last=Harrison|first=Stephen|date=1 September 2021|title=Wikipedia Is Trying to Transcend the Limits of Human Language|url=https://slate.com/technology/2021/09/wikipedia-human-language-wikifunctions.html|url-status=live|access-date=2 September 2021|website=Slate|language=en|archive-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901123816/https://slate.com/technology/2021/09/wikipedia-human-language-wikifunctions.html}}

After three years of development, Wikifunctions officially launched in July 2023.{{Cite web|title=Wikifunctions is up (read-only), Welcome Megan, and we are hiring!|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/Updates/2023-07-26|first1=Denny|last1=Vrandecic|date=2023-07-26}}