Wiki-specific conversion

MediaWiki pages share enough structure across instances that we can apply targeted heuristics. Section [edit] links — gone. Inline citations like [1] — kept as Markdown footnote references ([^1]) with the footnote text emitted in the references section. Infoboxes (the right-rail summary tables) — extracted as a leading GFM table or as YAML front matter, your choice. Navboxes (the giant footer link grids) — dropped entirely. Talk pages and edit history — out of scope; we convert article content only.

Reference handling

Wikipedia's reference list at the bottom of every article is preserved as Markdown footnotes. The numbering matches the inline references. External link targets are kept verbatim, so anyone reading the converted Markdown can still verify sources. For citation-heavy AI workflows (knowledge graphs, RAG with provenance), this preserves the chain from claim to source.