Wiki Enrich

Wikipedia Enricher

Enrich a Markdown article with inline Wikipedia links. First mention of each notable entity gets a hyperlink; subsequent mentions stay plain.

When to Use

• User says "enrich", "add wiki links", "wikipedia links", "add references", or "обогати ссылками"
• After generating a long-form informational article
• On any existing .md file the user points to

Workflow

1. Read the article

Read the full file. Note the language: Russian-dominant → prefer ru.wikipedia.org. English-dominant → prefer en.wikipedia.org.

2. Extract entities

Identify linkable entities — first occurrence only:

• People: Джин Шарп, Курманбек Бакиев, Vaswani
• Organizations: USAID, NED, Freedom House, ОДКБ, CANVAS
• Events: Тюльпановая революция, Андижанская бойня, Революция роз
• Places: Авиабаза Манас, Минусинская котловина
• Concepts: RLHF, self-attention (only if they have a Wikipedia page)

Do NOT link:

• Common words, generic terms ("революция", "демократия" on their own)
• Things already wrapped in [text](url) or [[wikilinks]]
• Items inside code blocks, YAML frontmatter, or Mermaid diagrams
• The same entity twice — first mention only

Aim for 15–40 entities per long article. Don't overlink.

3. Resolve URLs via Wikipedia API

For each entity, curl the opensearch endpoint:

# Russian Wikipedia
curl -s "https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=opensearch&search=ENCODED_TERM&limit=3&format=json"

# English Wikipedia
curl -s "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=opensearch&search=ENCODED_TERM&limit=3&format=json"

Response format: ["query", ["Title1","Title2",...], ["","",...], ["url1","url2",...]]

URL-encode Cyrillic and special characters. In bash:

python3 -c "import urllib.parse; print(urllib.parse.quote('Джин Шарп'))"

Resolution rules:

1. Try the primary language first (ru for Russian articles, en for English)
2. If no result or poor match → try the other language
3. If first result title closely matches the entity → use it
4. If ambiguous → use the action=query&list=search API for better fuzzy matching:

   curl -s "https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=search&srsearch=ENCODED_TERM&srlimit=3&format=json"
   

5. If still no good match → skip this entity (don't force bad links)

4. Batch the lookups

To avoid 40 sequential curls, batch into groups. Build a shell script:

#!/bin/bash
# wiki-lookup.sh — run all lookups in parallel
lookup() {
  local lang="$1" term="$2"
  local encoded=$(python3 -c "import urllib.parse; print(urllib.parse.quote('$term'))")
  local result=$(curl -s "https://${lang}.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=opensearch&search=${encoded}&limit=1&format=json")
  echo "${term}|||${result}"
}

lookup ru "Джин Шарп" &
lookup ru "USAID" &
lookup ru "Freedom House" &
# ... all entities ...
wait

Run it, parse the output, build a mapping: entity → url.

5. Apply links

For each confirmed entity→url pair, find the first mention in the article body (not in YAML, not in headings unless it adds clarity, not in code blocks) and replace:

Джин Шарп  →  [Джин Шарп](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Джин_Шарп)

Use the edit tool for each replacement. Be precise — match the exact text in context.

Link formatting:

• Person names: [Джин Шарп](url) or [**Джин Шарп**](url) if already bold
• Orgs in bold: [**USAID**](url) — preserve bold inside link
• Abbreviations: link the first full mention, e.g., [National Endowment for Democracy](url) (NED)

6. Verify

After all edits, read the file again and confirm:

• No broken Markdown syntax
• No double-linked entities
• Links don't appear inside code blocks or frontmatter
• The article reads naturally (links shouldn't disrupt flow)

Edge Cases

• Tables: Link entities in table cells normally, they render fine
• Callouts: Links inside > [!note] blocks work fine
• Bold/italic entities: Wrap the formatting inside the link: [**term**](url)
• Parenthetical mentions: авиабаза «Манас» → авиабаза [«Манас»](url) — link the name, not the descriptor
• Abbreviations with expansion: **National Endowment for Democracy** (NED) → link the full name, not the abbreviation