There is some non-edit dynamic stuff too; some templates are written in lua These templates can pull information in from outside of the specific Wikipedia inst

There is some non-edit dynamic stuff too; some templates are written in lua These templates can pull information in from outside of the specific Wikipedia instance, like retrieving properties from Wikidata. Edit: I guess I was wrong, seems like lua modules are only evaluated when there's a change to a page incorporating them: >The programs are run only when the page is "parsed" (when it or a page it incorporates is changed or previewed), not every time you view the output. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Lua_for_beginners#Input https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Lua_for_beginners#Input