Abstract Wikipedia:Frequently Asked Questions

Abstract Wikipedia is a new Wikimedia project that allows communities to collaboratively create language-independent articles in their native language, which others can then access in their own languages. This transformation is done by using functions from Wikifunctions that access structured content from Wikidata.

An abstract article represents information about a topic in a structured, language-independent form. Contributors combine structured data from Wikidata with language functions from Wikifunctions to produce natural-language sentences that describe the topic.

Wikipedia articles are written directly in a specific language.

Abstract Wikipedia instead stores information in a structured form that can generate text in many languages with the help of Wikifunctions.

Abstract Wikipedia builds on these Wikimedia projects:

• Wikidata provides lexicographic data and structured information about topics
• Wikifunctions provides functions that generate natural-language text in many languages.
• Abstract Wikipedia combines these elements to create articles that can be generated in many languages.

No. Abstract Wikipedia does not automatically generate articles using AI.

Abstract articles are created and maintained by contributors, and functions written by the community generate the text from structured data.

No. Abstract Wikipedia does not automatically add content to other Wikipedias. Each Wikipedia community remains fully in control of its content, and existing local articles are never replaced.

In the future, each Wikipedia community will be able to decide whether they want to use content generated from Abstract Wikipedia.

Like other Wikimedia projects, Abstract Wikipedia is edited and maintained by volunteers from the community.

People can contribute in different ways, including creating or improving abstract articles, writing language functions in Wikifunctions, adding data to Wikidata, improving documentation, and helping shape how the project evolves.

Yes. You can explore our early Beta version of Abstract Wikipedia. You can generate abstract articles and view the generated text in different languages.

Abstract Wikipedia is still in an early stage so many parts of the experience will continue to evolve based on community feedback. We will be improving the capabilities and usability of the site considerably in the future. You might encounter bugs, usability issues, time-outs, or other problems in the current version. Please let us know here if that happens or if you have ideas for improvements!

In the future, Wikipedia communities will also be able to integrate content created on Abstract Wikipedia into their own wikis, if they like.