Allow getting descriptions in Lua without loading the whole entity into memory
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	hoo
	Dec 4 2014, 10:38 PM

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Like we do for labels and sitelinks.

Relevant for entity lists like the list of all Properties, less relevant for clients other than Wikidata.org, probably.

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Lua: Implement mw.wikibase.description	mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase	master	+122 -1

Customize query in gerrit

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