How does WIWOSM(Wikipedia In OSM) work?

I created a page in wikipedia about a feature, then i created the boundary in OSM. i used the wikipedia=link_to_osm tag on the boundary. Being a technical person, i want to know what happens in server afterwards like how it searches for wikipedia tags in osm objects(OSM is a huge database but there are query methods, which one does it use?). How is the OSM object linked to the article? (are the co-ordinates written on the source of article or queried from somewhere) and how can i know if there are any troubles?

asked 03 Sep '13, 10:58

amritkarma
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Does the Technical Procedure on this wiki page help?

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answered 03 Sep '13, 11:12

EdLoach ♦
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I have already read that. I need more details.

(03 Sep '13, 16:11) amritkarma

Maybe you can explain what exact details you are interested in?

(03 Sep '13, 18:32) scai ♦

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