Make “Commons link” constraint configurable
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	Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE
	Jul 3 2017, 2:45 PM

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Currently, CommonsLinkChecker always checks the commonswiki database (except, as a special case, when running the tests). If it doesn’t exist, you get a nasty error. We should support:

configuring a different database name, e. g. the current wiki’s database, and
configuring an API endpoint instead, for non-Wikimedia wikis that also want to reference Wikimedia Commons.

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Make CommonsLinkChecker use the Commons API to assess if page exists	mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseQualityConstraints	master	+48 -72

Customize query in gerrit

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Mentioned In: T219619: Commons link constraint still does not support Data: namespace (tabular data and geographic shape data types)
T176062: Support Creator namespace in Commons link constraint

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Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE created this task.Jul 3 2017, 2:45 PM

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thiemowmde triaged this task as Lowest priority.Jul 4 2017, 7:27 AM

thiemowmde added subscribers: Lydia_Pintscher, • Jonas.

Restricted Application added a subscriber: PokestarFan. · View Herald TranscriptJul 26 2017, 12:25 PM

It would be good to do away with these string properties.

What do you mean? The commons link constraint is also used (and useful) on “Commons media file” properties.

Is it really needed? I don't think one can add a non-existing file name (not that I tried).

Geoshapes have a special datatype that limits the namespace.

You can’t add it, but that doesn’t help you if the file is later moved or deleted. The constraint also checks if the value is well-formed (forbids certain variation that Wikibase accepts).

Edit: And anyways, this is completely besides the point of this issue. Please open a new task for removing the constraint type if you want to propose that.

Well, it's a factor when trying to determine the priority of this.

Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE mentioned this in T176062: Support Creator namespace in Commons link constraint.Sep 18 2017, 11:26 AM

Lydia_Pintscher moved this task from incoming to Features/bugs for later releases on the Wikibase-Quality-Constraints board.Apr 6 2018, 4:03 PM

Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE mentioned this in T219619: Commons link constraint still does not support Data: namespace (tabular data and geographic shape data types).Mar 29 2019, 11:02 AM

Change 501492 had a related patch set uploaded (by Noa wmde; owner: Noa wmde):
[mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseQualityConstraints@master] Make CommonsLinkChecker use the Commons API to asses if page exists

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/501492

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Apr 8 2019, 11:54 AM

Change 501492 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/WikibaseQualityConstraints@master] Make CommonsLinkChecker use the Commons API to assess if page exists