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wikifacts 0.4.2.9000

wikifacts 0.4.2

• Change URL endpoint for wiki_search()
• Add new wiki_define() function

wikifacts 0.4.1

• Ensure tests fail gracefully when no internet available

wikifacts 0.4

• Fix issue with non-English System locales (#8) * Adjust functions to remove reliance on yesterday’s date as default (Wikipedia isn’t always updated overnight) * Introduce wiki_query() function

wikifacts 0.3.0

New features

• Generate multiple facts within functions (#5)
• Move default date to yesterday to avoid timezone issues
• Add ability to display bare facts without cosmetic wrapping
• Add ability for wiki_randomfact() to select the type of fact to randomize
• Add wiki_search() to open browser with results of search

Breaking changes

• Remove date argument from wiki_randomfact()

wikifacts 0.2

• Allows facts from historic Wikipedia main pages by adding a date argument to functions.
• Outputs a character string (vs previous message output)

wikifacts 0.1.9000

• Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.

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