Sample Wikipedia API queries
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Sample API queries to the Wikipedia API
- Help page for the query module for the Wikipedia API
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query
- General site information, and username + edit summary for most recent Main Page revision
- Timestamp, username, edit summary for the last 5 revisions on the Main Page
- Most rencent 50 contributors to the Organic chemistry page
- Articles about stuff located near UW campus (47.6553° N, 122.3035° W)