Be able to set or fix a linked item's Wikidata description when shown in the context menu
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	• Whatamidoing-WMF
	Jun 1 2015, 11:33 PM

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Open a page in VisualEditor that contains a link to [[banana]].
Click the link.
Read the Wikidata 'disambiguation' description in the context menu.

Would it be useful to include a link to the Wikidata item in the context menu, so that editors can add or change this Wikidata field?

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Mentioned Here: T97566: Provide another way to surface usage instructions besides tacking them onto descriptions

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• Whatamidoing-WMF created this task.Jun 1 2015, 11:33 PM

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Adding another link to the context menu might be a pretty heavy thing – especially as it would open a new window, to a totally unfamiliar site. I'd rather we allowed people to improve the description locally, perhaps? Or is the desired outcome something more than just changing the description itself?

I believe that the goal is to be able to change the description.

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Be able to set or fix a linked item's Wikidata description when shown in the context menu
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