[Epic] Wikidata watchlist improvements (client)
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Changes on wikidata that affect a page on the client wiki should be visible on user's watchlist just like local edits.

However we should be careful to:

avoid showing changes to connected item(s) that do not affect the local page (labels in other languages, etc)
be consistent across different interfaces (API query module, RSS feeds, RC, etc).
provide correct links to diffs and user pages on Wikidata
allow filtering out external changes

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Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
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Open		None	T90435 [Epic] Wikidata watchlist improvements (client)
Open		None	T88254 Wikipedia RSS feeds show Wikidata changes very confusingly.
Open		None	T90392 [Bug] Incorrect links for external changes in client watchlist atom and rss feeds
Open		None	T47082 Wikidata edits should be recognizable in the watchlist API module
Resolved		matej_suchanek	T46874 [Epic] Full support for wikibase edits in enhanced changes format ("Group changes by page in recent changes and watchlist" [usenewrc])
Resolved		Lydia_Pintscher	T90436 Improve usage tracking granularity to avoid irrelevant changes showing in the watchlist.
Open		None	T45044 [Task] Edit auto summary not substituted in email notification
Open		None	T69281 [Task] Add link to merge summary
Duplicate		None	T85560 [Task] Show human readable language names in edit summaries
Declined		None	T93867 [Task] Consolidate "Created a new item" summary line messages
Open		None	T45578 Watchlist changes need unique revision id
Resolved		matej_suchanek	T48329 [Task] Recent changes should show watched items as bold on client
Resolved		None	T102539 Hide own Wikidata changes on Wikipedia watchlist when "Hide my edits" is selected
Resolved		daniel	T50047 client watchlist shows more than just the last change on the item
Resolved		matej_suchanek	T50684 Wikidata's Watchlist in wikipedia are like read Watchlist
Resolved		hoo	T47853 [Task] Have filter option to view wikidata changes only
Open		None	T67846 wbeditentity: try to use appropriate autocomment instead of the generic one
Open		None	T108688 [Story] meaningful edit summaries on the client
Resolved		Lydia_Pintscher	T110825 I see inconsistent Wikidata entries in the watchlist in hewiki, enwiki, and cswiki
Resolved		• Mattflaschen-WMF	T51315 [Story] record wikibase recent change entries attributed as non-anon
Open		None	T121361 Proposal: Rework diff list display in watchlists and recent changes
Resolved		thiemowmde	T52893 Style recent changes entries as external links
Open		None	T43686 [Story] Ability to filter recent changes and watchlist on Wikidata
Open		None	T216265 Be able to filter Wikibase edits in Recent Changes on type of change
Open		None	T125768 [feature request] Watchlist display of wikidata edits (of items connected to a page via arbitrary access) is a bit confusing [add label of linked item]
Declined		None	T74157 [Story] Use rc_source and drop RC_TYPE
Open		None	T115064 Some of the client edit summaries are overwhelming and quite long
Open		None	T114149 [Story] If the (combined) Wikibase edit summary is too long add "... and N more changes" to the end.
Resolved		matej_suchanek	T169221 Links to non-entity namespaces are localized on clients
Resolved		matej_suchanek	T169330 Changes to properties are not formatted in recent changes
Resolved	PRODUCTION ERROR	Bawolff	T171027 "Read timeout is reached" DBQueryError when trying to load specific users' watchlists (with +1000 articles) on several wikis
Resolved		aude	T174794 [Task] investigate emails about Wikidata changes from Wikipedia
Open		None	T176515 More flexible user experience for monitoring Wikidata changes from client, using new filters
Open		None	T177802 Move (at least Wikibase) rc_params into a separate table, allow for de-duplication.
Open		None	T180786 RelatedChanges (RecentChangesLinked) should also include Wikidata changes relevant to the page itself
Invalid		None	T58664 [Story] Clean up the code that formats Wikibase entries in recent changes
Invalid		Lydia_Pintscher	T47279 Consolidate localization of edit summaries on repo and client.
Resolved		daniel	T101836 [Task] Investigation how the repo edit-summary mechanism can be used on the client
Resolved		matej_suchanek	T41134 Generate translatable autoComments for undo and restore operations
Open		None	T186217 Wikidata changes in watchlists should order by time added rather than time change happened
Open		None	T184985 Wikidata changes on local wikis do not coordinate well between css classes and bold for unseen changes
Open		None	T187680 New watchlist/recent changes: Have an option to hide Wikidata edits by experienced and/or flood-flagged users
Open		None	T246746 Bot edits on Wikidata should be hidden in other project's recent changes
Open		None	T246749 Ability to filter by label language in Wikidata RC in other projects
Open		None	T276921 Watchlist should filter out logged actions from Wikidata marked as bot when told to exclude bot
Duplicate	Feature	None	T309822 Display property labels in Wikibase changes in watchlist, not just PIDs
Open		None	T169108 Wikidata items are always visible in Recent Changes, filtered or not
Open	BUG REPORT	None	T359657 Wikidata entity links sometimes broken in Wikipedia watchlists for language link changes
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Danny_B moved this task from Tag to Should be Epic instead on the Tracking-Neverending board.May 27 2016, 4:56 PM

Oliv0 added a subtask: T43686: [Story] Ability to filter recent changes and watchlist on Wikidata.Jun 1 2016, 7:43 AM

Daniel_Mietchen subscribed.Jul 1 2016, 3:29 PM

matej_suchanek added a subtask: T125768: [feature request] Watchlist display of wikidata edits (of items connected to a page via arbitrary access) is a bit confusing [add label of linked item].Aug 27 2016, 7:05 AM

Legoktm mentioned this in T91192: Show new versions of files (and possibly separately description changes) made on WikimediaCommons on the Watchlist.Sep 14 2016, 10:32 PM

Izno merged a task: T147790: Allow watching Wikidata items from watchlists of linked Wikimedia projects.Oct 10 2016, 12:05 PM

Izno added a subscriber: abian.

I proposed this task for the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey, do not hesitate to improve and develop the formulation there.

TomT0m subscribed.Nov 24 2016, 7:52 PM

Liuxinyu970226 added a project: Community-Wishlist-Survey-2016.Jan 1 2017, 2:59 AM

Liuxinyu970226 removed a project: Community-Wishlist-Survey-2016.Jan 2 2017, 12:49 AM

matej_suchanek added a subtask: T74157: [Story] Use rc_source and drop RC_TYPE.Jan 14 2017, 9:04 AM

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matej_suchanek added a subtask: T117738: [Task] Add a mechanism to build interwiki wikitext links across sister projects.Feb 26 2017, 6:51 PM

• Tbayer subscribed.Apr 17 2017, 8:04 PM

matej_suchanek added subtasks: T115064: Some of the client edit summaries are overwhelming and quite long, T114149: [Story] If the (combined) Wikibase edit summary is too long add "... and N more changes" to the end..Apr 23 2017, 5:50 PM

matej_suchanek closed subtask T102539: Hide own Wikidata changes on Wikipedia watchlist when "Hide my edits" is selected as Resolved.Jun 29 2017, 9:08 AM

matej_suchanek created subtask T169221: Links to non-entity namespaces are localized on clients.Jun 29 2017, 1:58 PM

matej_suchanek created subtask T169330: Changes to properties are not formatted in recent changes.Jun 30 2017, 12:47 PM

Lydia_Pintscher closed subtask T46874: [Epic] Full support for wikibase edits in enhanced changes format ("Group changes by page in recent changes and watchlist" [usenewrc]) as Resolved.Jul 3 2017, 8:53 AM

matej_suchanek mentioned this in T169689: Wrong relation to Wikidata changes on enhanced watchlist.Jul 9 2017, 4:13 PM

Lydia_Pintscher closed subtask T169221: Links to non-entity namespaces are localized on clients as Resolved.Jul 12 2017, 3:00 PM

matej_suchanek closed subtask T110825: I see inconsistent Wikidata entries in the watchlist in hewiki, enwiki, and cswiki as Resolved.Jul 31 2017, 2:11 PM

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Amire80 reopened subtask T110825: I see inconsistent Wikidata entries in the watchlist in hewiki, enwiki, and cswiki as Open.Jul 31 2017, 2:13 PM

Ladsgroup closed subtask T169330: Changes to properties are not formatted in recent changes as Resolved.Aug 1 2017, 8:40 PM

hoo closed subtask T51315: [Story] record wikibase recent change entries attributed as non-anon as Resolved.Aug 29 2017, 5:39 PM

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matej_suchanek added subtasks: T171027: "Read timeout is reached" DBQueryError when trying to load specific users' watchlists (with +1000 articles) on several wikis, T174794: [Task] investigate emails about Wikidata changes from Wikipedia.Sep 22 2017, 7:23 AM

eranroz added a subtask: T176515: More flexible user experience for monitoring Wikidata changes from client, using new filters.Sep 22 2017, 7:38 PM

hoo closed subtask T47853: [Task] Have filter option to view wikidata changes only as Resolved.Sep 30 2017, 11:01 PM

Zache subscribed.Oct 4 2017, 11:00 AM

jcrespo closed subtask T171027: "Read timeout is reached" DBQueryError when trying to load specific users' watchlists (with +1000 articles) on several wikis as Resolved.Oct 9 2017, 8:24 AM

jcrespo reopened subtask T171027: "Read timeout is reached" DBQueryError when trying to load specific users' watchlists (with +1000 articles) on several wikis as Open.

Ladsgroup closed subtask T174794: [Task] investigate emails about Wikidata changes from Wikipedia as Resolved.Oct 9 2017, 1:30 PM

hoo added a subtask: T177802: Move (at least Wikibase) rc_params into a separate table, allow for de-duplication..Oct 9 2017, 9:28 PM

jcrespo closed subtask T171027: "Read timeout is reached" DBQueryError when trying to load specific users' watchlists (with +1000 articles) on several wikis as Resolved.Oct 16 2017, 1:00 PM

thiemowmde closed subtask T48329: [Task] Recent changes should show watched items as bold on client as Resolved.Oct 23 2017, 6:07 AM

thiemowmde closed subtask T50684: Wikidata's Watchlist in wikipedia are like read Watchlist as Resolved.Oct 23 2017, 6:09 AM

matej_suchanek added a subtask: T180786: RelatedChanges (RecentChangesLinked) should also include Wikidata changes relevant to the page itself.Nov 17 2017, 12:59 PM

matej_suchanek added a subtask: T592: RfC: ChangesList formatting.Dec 7 2017, 6:04 PM

matej_suchanek added a subtask: T58664: [Story] Clean up the code that formats Wikibase entries in recent changes.Dec 8 2017, 3:56 PM

eranroz added a subtask: T184889: changes of sitelinks of other projects generate RC entry on client wiki.Jan 15 2018, 6:35 AM

Addshore added a subtask: T186217: Wikidata changes in watchlists should order by time added rather than time change happened.Feb 1 2018, 2:16 PM

thiemowmde closed subtask T69281: [Task] Add link to merge summary as Resolved.Feb 8 2018, 1:51 PM

matej_suchanek added a subtask: T184985: Wikidata changes on local wikis do not coordinate well between css classes and bold for unseen changes.Feb 8 2018, 1:54 PM

thiemowmde reopened subtask T69281: [Task] Add link to merge summary as Open.Feb 13 2018, 1:13 PM

thiemowmde closed subtask T93867: [Task] Consolidate "Created a new item" summary line messages as Declined.Feb 28 2018, 4:06 PM

Lydia_Pintscher closed subtask T90436: Improve usage tracking granularity to avoid irrelevant changes showing in the watchlist. as Resolved.Mar 2 2018, 11:54 AM

Lydia_Pintscher closed subtask T110825: I see inconsistent Wikidata entries in the watchlist in hewiki, enwiki, and cswiki as Resolved.Mar 2 2018, 2:07 PM

matej_suchanek added a subtask: T187680: New watchlist/recent changes: Have an option to hide Wikidata edits by experienced and/or flood-flagged users.Mar 3 2018, 4:59 PM

Liuxinyu970226 unsubscribed.Mar 23 2018, 1:27 PM

Sorry if I’m writing in the wrong place, couldn’t find a specific task about this and don’t know if I should file one. Is the appearance of multiple Wikidata changes on the same page in the watchlist the supposed behaviour? I am accustomed that edits on the watchlist show up only once per the affected page, but due to Wikidata edits enabled at ruwiki for me (and due to deeply regretful decision to expand edit summaries) the list looks like this right now:

I would like to know if that is a supposed behaviour (and then I’d know that I should just turn off this) or a bug that should be eventually fixed. Sorry if I’m writing in the wrong place.

@stjn Do edits to local pages only show up once for you? If so then yes we have a bug there.

Yes, other pages are showing up only once (I don’t use enhanced RC or anything like that), Wikidata changes are showing up a lot (this page is in my watchlist 47 times, for example).

Capankajsmilyo subscribed.Apr 14 2018, 8:52 AM

It should not show, linked to 'x' language wiki, unlinked from 'x' language wiki on enwiki watchlist. It should only show changes to property values and qualifiers.

Capankajsmilyo added a subtask: T192521: Remove linked to / removed other language wiki from enwiki Wikidata watchlist.Apr 19 2018, 5:53 AM

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JTannerWMF moved this task from Inbox to External on the Growth-Team board.Aug 9 2018, 6:17 PM

stjn mentioned this in T50047: client watchlist shows more than just the last change on the item.Oct 6 2018, 7:44 PM

stjn reopened subtask T50047: client watchlist shows more than just the last change on the item as Open.

Krinkle removed a subtask: T592: RfC: ChangesList formatting.Jan 26 2019, 6:54 AM

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matej_suchanek added a subtask: T216265: Be able to filter Wikibase edits in Recent Changes on type of change.May 26 2019, 10:55 AM

stjn closed subtask T50047: client watchlist shows more than just the last change on the item as Resolved.Jul 16 2019, 5:14 PM

Amire80 subscribed.Sep 1 2019, 10:39 AM

Addshore mentioned this in T246709: What proportion of a Wikipedia article's edit history might reasonably be changes via Wikidata transclusion?.Mar 2 2020, 10:17 PM

Lydia_Pintscher added a subtask: T246746: Bot edits on Wikidata should be hidden in other project's recent changes.Mar 3 2020, 9:39 AM

Lydia_Pintscher added a subtask: T246749: Ability to filter by label language in Wikidata RC in other projects.Mar 3 2020, 9:42 AM

matej_suchanek removed subtasks: T192521: Remove linked to / removed other language wiki from enwiki Wikidata watchlist, T184889: changes of sitelinks of other projects generate RC entry on client wiki, T103676: Wikidata changes in watchlist on client showed wrong links, T104806: hideanons=1 on Special:recentchanges hides all wikidata changes including edits done by registered users on wikidata, T49720: Provide information about changes to Wikidata items linked with watched pages via API, T78493: Recent changes RSS feed missing Wikidata edit summaries / diff and incorrect links .Mar 26 2020, 10:55 AM

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whym added a subtask: T276921: Watchlist should filter out logged actions from Wikidata marked as bot when told to exclude bot.Mar 9 2021, 12:38 PM

A task related to this was included in the most recent community wishlist. It didn't score that highly (I'd guess because people didn't understand what it was from the title), which is unfortunate, as it's very important. For Wikidata to address its dire vandalism problem, it badly needs the help of Wikipedians monitoring their watchlist. But many Wikipedians have and will continue to turn off Wikidata updates so long as they continue to spam watchlists with "Jane Smith was just labeled Jane Smith in Polish" updates, or P and Q changes are displayed as just meaningless numbers. Please let the community know if we can be of any help with this, and I hope it is prioritized.

MBinder_WMF added a project: Growth-Team-Filtering.Apr 15 2021, 7:05 PM

Addshore closed subtask T74157: [Story] Use rc_source and drop RC_TYPE as Declined.Apr 19 2021, 6:41 PM

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putnik added a subtask: T309822: Display property labels in Wikibase changes in watchlist, not just PIDs.Jun 2 2022, 11:09 PM

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Bugreporter removed a parent task: T76230: [Epic] data quality and trust.Jul 11 2022, 11:16 AM

hoo removed a subtask: T117738: [Task] Add a mechanism to build interwiki wikitext links across sister projects.Jun 21 2023, 11:27 AM

Michael added a subtask: T169108: Wikidata items are always visible in Recent Changes, filtered or not.Feb 8 2024, 4:35 PM

Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE closed subtask T58664: [Story] Clean up the code that formats Wikibase entries in recent changes as Invalid.Feb 22 2024, 11:26 AM

Michael moved this task from Backlog to ChangeDispatch&Watchlists on the MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseClient board.Mar 6 2024, 10:43 AM

Michael added a project: Wikidata Change Dispatching & Watchlists.Mar 7 2024, 6:04 PM

Michael moved this task from Incoming to Watchlist on the Wikidata Change Dispatching & Watchlists board.Mar 7 2024, 7:32 PM