Definitive articles for German nouns are one of the most annoying features of the language. Is it "der Joghurt" or "die Joghurt"? Turns out, both. Also "das Joghurt".
With lexicographical data from #Wikidata and shared functions from #Wikifunctions, we can build a tool that prints the correct articles. I wrote such a thing. Also, the source code may be helpful if you want to know how to search for Wikidata lexemes and run functions on the Wikifunctions API. Have a look:
Some weeks ago, I wrote about my experiments with Abstract Wikipedia. Things are advancing.
This year during Pride Month, much of my Wikimedia focus is on Abstract Wikipedia, Wikifunctions, multilinguality, and how we can make knowledge accessible across languages.
More in my latest article. https://medium.com/@jsamwrites/this-pride-month-i-am-focusing-on-abstract-wikipedia-287bbae593c8
#lgbt #lgbtq #pridemonth #wikipedia #wikifunctions #AbstractWikipedia
Ich werde nächsten Freitag, 19. Juni 18:30, im @temporaerhaus in #Ulm sein, und wir können uns über #Wikidata #Wikifunctions #AbstractWikipedia und vieles mehr unterhalten!
Danke an @hogue_456 für die Einladung!
☕ Nouveau Wikicafé la semaine prochaine !
On accueille @jsamwrites qui viendra parler de sa manière de wikifier la science dans son quotidien de chercheur.
L'occasion de découvrir Wikipédia abstraite, #Wikifunctions et de faire coucou à #Commons et #wikidata
> mardi 26 mai, 13h en visio ici :
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Wikifier_la_science/WikiCaf%C3%A9s
The recording of my @iswc_conf keynote is available online:
Wikipedia and the Semantic Web -- 20 years of co-development, and the future
Drawing on the roots of @wikipedia and the Semantic Web, how they influenced each other during the last two decades, leading to
@wikidata and peeking forward to @wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia.
#semanticWeb #abstractWikipedia #knowledge #knowledgeGraphs #knowledgerepresentation #wikipedia #wikidata #wikifunctions
https://videolectures.net/videos/iswc2025_nara_vrandecic_wikipedia_future
In 2005, the very first papers proposed integrating Semantic Web technologies in the nascent Wikipedia ecosystem. This wasn’t just a convergence; it ignited two decades of mutual inspiration and benefit. From this crucible, the work in semantic wikis drew inspiration. Semantic MediaWiki, particularly, which found global adoption at Google, Microsoft, NASA, and beyond. Wikipedia became the bedrock for pioneering knowledge graphs, including DBpedia, Freebase, and Yago. These pivotal experiences directly fueled the development of Knowledge Graph, a term that has since found ubiquitous adoption, and, critically, Wikidata, a project that has become an indispensable, living component of Wikipedia itself. With over half a million global contributors, Wikidata stands as the world’s most-edited wiki, powering one of, if not the, most widely-used public SPARQL endpoint. Its software, Wikibase, has spawned a federation of knowledge graphs, serving diverse domains from museums to language preservation. Furthermore, Wikidata’s evolution into lexicographic data (inspired by ontologies such as OntoLex and Lemon) laid the groundwork for projects such as Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia, a vision first unveiled right here at ISWC 2018 and now an official Wikimedia Foundation project. This takes us to the present and future: Abstract Wikipedia collaboratively confronts the inherent expressivity gap in knowledge graphs, while foundational role in training and the current use of language models can not be overstated. This creates a tantalising confluence of large language models and knowledge graphs, hinting at profound opportunities - and critical challenges -for Wikipedia, the Web, and beyond. As this rich history promises many more years of co-development and mutual inspiration, we will conclude with a forward-looking sketch of open research questions and exciting upcoming opportunities.
Je dis pas que je suis hype, mais je suis quand même hype de pouvoir générer "automatiquement" un groupe nominal (article + nom) en #lorrain en partant d'un simple lexème sur #Wikidata.
Ce lien va faire apparaître devant vos yeux ébahis un morceau de texte généré spécialement pour vous : "deis fruts" (= "des fruits") !
Merci #Wikifunctions, et je poursuis le chemin pour être une des premières langues régionales de France sur Abstract Wikipédia ! 
# Erklärung, wie man einen natürlichsprachlichen Satz aus #Wikidata und einer Funktion von #Wikifunctions erzeugt
Um einfach zu erklären, wie man aus einer Funktion von Wikifunctions und einem Lexem von Wikidata einen natürlichsprachlichen Satz erzeugt, gehen wir schrittweise vor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia
Wikifunctions ist eine Bibliothek für Funktionen. Diese können beispielsweise zur Durchführung mathematischer Berechnungen oder zur Erzeugung grammatikalischer Formen verwendet werden.
#AbstractWikipedia, the project that creates articles from function calls in #Wikifunctions with data from #wikidata in (eventually) any human language is getting to a point where some impressive progress is visible.
Have a look: https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:Status_updates/2026-02-20
Abstract Wikipedia Newsletter 236
A sneak preview of Abstract Wikipedia
with screenshots of the current prototype
Furthermore:
* Recent Changes in the software
* Fresh Functions weekly: 21 new functions
https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:Status_updates/2026-02-20
Abstract Wikipedia Newsletter 232
Happy birthday @wikipedia
25 years of Wikipedia -- a decades-long story of language communities growing together
* Recent Changes in the software
* No NLG SIG meeting next week
* Fresh Functions weekly: 83 new functions
https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:Status_updates/2026-01-15
Jens Ohlig
John Samuel
Denny Vrandečić
DMONTAGNE
Poslovitch
StefanBlasel
Wikifunctions