I work for Glaxo SmithKline, a pharmaceutical company, and currently preparing for a project we are planning to do with the use of Wikipedia.
We will use our computational tools to assess the accuracy of the drug-related information that can be found on Wikipedia. We will use the open database Open PHACTS as a “gold standard” and compare the information on Wikipedia to this.
On the drug pages of Wikipedia there is normally a data table on the right side with the drug/chemical/pharma related information. Our plan is, if this is possible to carry out, to assess the accuracy of this information and if necessary, correct/update it from our database. If the time constrainsts allow us, I would like to also automatically write some very basic articles on drugs which currently do not have an entry on Wikipedia.
For other-language Wikipedias you'd want to look for similar things, but I don't know them well enough to give you links or to advise you on how their policies might differ.
My questions are the following: How do I obtain an API key? On the api home page I saw that I may need a special key if I would like to do so many queries.
What are the limitations?
Is it possible to carry out the process I have described or should I find a different approach?