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The Scribunto extension for MediaWiki provides all the facilities required for prototyping Abstract Wikipedia: * Ability to create and modify code-objects on wiki, collaboratively. * Ability to invoke these code-objects from articles to generate prose. * A programming environment featuring an expressive, general-purpose language (Lua). * Behavior of code can vary by user or content language. * Interfaces for querying Wikidata. As a proof-of-concept, I tried to implement the example given in figures 1 and 2 of [[ https://arxiv.org/pdf/2004.04733.pdf | Architecture for a Multilingual Wikipedia ]] on MetaWiki, and I think it worked pretty well: * **Constructor**: [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Module:Sandbox/ATDT/AbstractWikipedia/San_Francisco | m:Module:Sandbox/ATDT/AbstractWikipedia/San_Francisco ]] * **Renderers for English**: [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Module:Sandbox/ATDT/AbstractWikipedia/Renderers/en | m:Module:Sandbox/ATDT/AbstractWikipedia/Renderers/en ]] * **Generated article**: [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ATDT/Sandbox/AbstractWikipedia/San_Francisco | m:User:ATDT/Sandbox/AbstractWikipedia/San_Francisco ]] Hot take: this demonstrates the suitability of Scribunto as a platform for prototyping Abstract Wikipedia, which is something we should start ASAP, so the learnings from that process can influence the design of Wikifunctions.

The Scribunto extension for MediaWiki provides many of the facilities required for prototyping Abstract Wikipedia: * Ability to create and modify code-objects on wiki, collaboratively. * Ability to invoke these code-objects from articles to generate prose. * A programming environment featuring an expressive, general-purpose language (Lua). * Behavior of code can vary by user or content language. * Interfaces for querying Wikidata. As a proof-of-concept, I tried to implement the example given in figures 1 and 2 of [[ https://arxiv.org/pdf/2004.04733.pdf | Architecture for a Multilingual Wikipedia ]] on MetaWiki, and I think it worked pretty well: * **Constructor**: [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Module:Sandbox/ATDT/AbstractWikipedia/San_Francisco | m:Module:Sandbox/ATDT/AbstractWikipedia/San_Francisco ]] * **Renderers for English**: [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Module:Sandbox/ATDT/AbstractWikipedia/Renderers/en | m:Module:Sandbox/ATDT/AbstractWikipedia/Renderers/en ]] * **Generated article**: [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ATDT/Sandbox/AbstractWikipedia/San_Francisco | m:User:ATDT/Sandbox/AbstractWikipedia/San_Francisco ]] Hot take: this demonstrates the suitability of Scribunto as a platform for prototyping Abstract Wikipedia, which is something we should start ASAP, so the learnings from that process can influence the design of Wikifunctions.

The Scribunto extension for MediaWiki provides allmany of the facilities required for prototyping Abstract Wikipedia: * Ability to create and modify code-objects on wiki, collaboratively. * Ability to invoke these code-objects from articles to generate prose. * A programming environment featuring an expressive, general-purpose language (Lua). * Behavior of code can vary by user or content language. * Interfaces for querying Wikidata. As a proof-of-concept, I tried to implement the example given in figures 1 and 2 of [[ https://arxiv.org/pdf/2004.04733.pdf | Architecture for a Multilingual Wikipedia ]] on MetaWiki, and I think it worked pretty well: * **Constructor**: [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Module:Sandbox/ATDT/AbstractWikipedia/San_Francisco | m:Module:Sandbox/ATDT/AbstractWikipedia/San_Francisco ]] * **Renderers for English**: [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Module:Sandbox/ATDT/AbstractWikipedia/Renderers/en | m:Module:Sandbox/ATDT/AbstractWikipedia/Renderers/en ]] * **Generated article**: [[ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ATDT/Sandbox/AbstractWikipedia/San_Francisco | m:User:ATDT/Sandbox/AbstractWikipedia/San_Francisco ]] Hot take: this demonstrates the suitability of Scribunto as a platform for prototyping Abstract Wikipedia, which is something we should start ASAP, so the learnings from that process can influence the design of Wikifunctions.