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Wikimedia Research Newsletter: Academic study examines Wikilambda and the search for a perfect language

By e mln e and Tilman Bayer

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A monthly overview of recent academic research about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, published as the Wikimedia Research Newsletter. This edition reviews a paper by Michael Falk (WikiHistories project) that uses Critical Code Studies methods to examine Wikilambda, the extension of MediaWiki software underlying Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia. The paper explores the Wikimedia Foundation's search for a "perfect language" through the Wikilambda project.

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Wikilambda the ultimate: the Wikimedia foundation's search for the perfect language

This paper 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

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Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2026-05-22/Recent_research

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