MediaWiki job queue
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The MediaWiki job queue is an internal background processing system that handles deferred tasks such as page updates, link table refreshes, and message deliveries to keep the wiki responsive and consistent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MediaWiki job queue canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8380235 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MediaWiki job queue Context triple: [MassMessage, requires, MediaWiki job queue]
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A.
MediaWiki
MediaWiki is a free, open-source wiki software platform designed for collaborative editing of web pages, best known for powering Wikipedia and many other wikis.
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B.
MediaWiki.org
MediaWiki.org is the official website and documentation hub for the MediaWiki software, providing technical resources, manuals, and community collaboration for users and developers.
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C.
MediaWiki extensions
MediaWiki extensions are modular add-ons that enhance and customize the functionality of the MediaWiki software beyond its core features.
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D.
MediaWiki site administrators
MediaWiki site administrators are users with elevated permissions who manage and configure a MediaWiki installation, including its appearance, extensions, user rights, and overall site settings.
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E.
Active Job
Active Job is the Ruby on Rails framework component that provides a unified interface for declaring and running background jobs across different queuing backends.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MediaWiki job queue Target entity description: The MediaWiki job queue is an internal background processing system that handles deferred tasks such as page updates, link table refreshes, and message deliveries to keep the wiki responsive and consistent.
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A.
MediaWiki
MediaWiki is a free, open-source wiki software platform designed for collaborative editing of web pages, best known for powering Wikipedia and many other wikis.
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B.
MediaWiki.org
MediaWiki.org is the official website and documentation hub for the MediaWiki software, providing technical resources, manuals, and community collaboration for users and developers.
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C.
MediaWiki extensions
MediaWiki extensions are modular add-ons that enhance and customize the functionality of the MediaWiki software beyond its core features.
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D.
MediaWiki site administrators
MediaWiki site administrators are users with elevated permissions who manage and configure a MediaWiki installation, including its appearance, extensions, user rights, and overall site settings.
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E.
Active Job
Active Job is the Ruby on Rails framework component that provides a unified interface for declaring and running background jobs across different queuing backends.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MediaWiki subsystem
ⓘ
background job queue ⓘ |
| designedTo |
improve scalability of MediaWiki installations
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offload heavy processing from user-facing requests ⓘ support large-scale wikis like Wikimedia projects ⓘ |
| executedBy |
command-line cron jobs
ⓘ
job runners in application servers ⓘ runJobs.php maintenance script ⓘ web requests (on-demand job running) ⓘ |
| handlesTaskType |
category membership updates
ⓘ
cirrusSearch indexing jobs ⓘ email notifications ⓘ htmlCacheUpdate jobs ⓘ link table refreshes ⓘ message deliveries ⓘ page updates ⓘ refreshLinks jobs ⓘ search index updates ⓘ template update propagation ⓘ watchlist notification delivery ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Job class
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JobQueue class NERFINISHED ⓘ JobQueueGroup NERFINISHED ⓘ JobRunner ⓘ |
| hasConfigurationOption |
$wgJobBackoffThrottling
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$wgJobQueueAggregator ⓘ $wgJobRunRate ⓘ $wgJobTypeConf ⓘ $wgRunJobsAsync ⓘ |
| implementedInLanguage | PHP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInVersion | MediaWiki 1.4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitoredBy | Special:JobQueue page (in some configurations) ⓘ |
| partOf | MediaWiki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
MediaWiki caching system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MediaWiki notification system NERFINISHED ⓘ MediaWiki search indexing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsBackend |
Kafka-backed job queue
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RabbitMQ-backed job queue ⓘ Redis-backed job queue ⓘ database-backed job queue ⓘ file-based job queue (historical or extension-based) ⓘ |
| triggeredBy |
file uploads
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page deletions ⓘ page edits ⓘ page moves ⓘ template edits ⓘ user actions that send notifications ⓘ |
| usedFor |
asynchronous execution of expensive operations
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deferred processing of tasks ⓘ keeping web requests fast and responsive ⓘ maintaining data consistency in the wiki ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MediaWiki job queue Description of subject: The MediaWiki job queue is an internal background processing system that handles deferred tasks such as page updates, link table refreshes, and message deliveries to keep the wiki responsive and consistent.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.