[Story] clearer edit summaries for connected items
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	Lydia_Pintscher
	Oct 6 2015, 2:57 PM

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As a user I want to be able to read useful edit summaries on the client watchlist and recent changes coming from Wikidata. It should be clear what an edit is doing and why it shows up on my watchlist.

Example: I am watching the article about Berlin, Germany and Europe. The articles about Berlin and Europe make use of data from the item about Germany. In my client watchlist I should see the following summary:

D Germany (Q183) (used by Berlin) 12:56 RandomUser (created claim: capital:Berlin)
D Germany (Q183) (used by Europe) 12:56 RandomUser (created claim: capital:Berlin)
D Germany (Q183) (connected to Germany) 12:56 RandomUser (created claim: capital:Berlin)

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Status	Assigned	Task
Open	None	T90435 [Epic] Wikidata watchlist improvements (client)
Open	None	T108688 [Story] meaningful edit summaries on the client
Open	None	T114761 [Story] clearer edit summaries for connected items

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Lydia_Pintscher created this task.Oct 6 2015, 2:57 PM

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Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptOct 6 2015, 2:57 PM

To do this, the formatter needs to know:

item labels (with language fallback) and
connected items for pages (from page_props or wb_items_per_site)

Queries for this information should be batched in a pre-loading step.

• Quiddity mentioned this in T119681: [DO NOT USE] Edit summary issues (tracking) [superseded by #MediaWiki-Commenting].Nov 26 2015, 1:32 AM

hoo added a subscriber: TheDJ.Apr 4 2017, 3:34 PM

hoo subscribed.Apr 4 2017, 3:40 PM

This problem was one of the complaints about Wikidata in the watchlist, when people discussed wikidata descriptions usage on mobile for english wikipedia.

ping @JKatzWMF

daniel added a project: User-Daniel.Apr 6 2017, 9:58 AM

@TheDJ Thanks for the ping. I'll add it to the list of remedies. ;)

Michael moved this task from Backlog to ChangeDispatch&Watchlists on the MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseClient board.Mar 6 2024, 10:42 AM

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

Michael moved this task from Incoming to Improved Edit Summaries on the Wikidata Change Dispatching & Watchlists board.Mar 7 2024, 6:46 PM