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Link to group changes diff in Watchlist and RC wrong with Wikidata edits
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Description

Currently, when trying to view all edits in a group, only the edits to the page in the project are displayed. This violates the UX, since the user expects all edits in the group version difference to be displayed.

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Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

What happens?:
Empty version difference or version difference of only pages in the project is shown.

What should have happened instead?:
In the group diff it should be possible to see edits from Wikidata.

Original summary

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There were 2 changes to the item connected with "Hilfe:Variablen" on Wikidata. They are linked correctly in expanded view, but the combined link ("2 Änderungen") links a local diff, which is wrong and confusing.

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Unfortunately, I'm afraid this needs to be fixed in core. The code is not much flexible.

Iniquity renamed this task from Link to combined change on watchlist wrong for Wikidata edits to Link to group changes diff in Watchlist and RC wrong with Wikidata edits.Jul 27 2025, 5:41 PM
Iniquity added a project: MediaWiki-Page-diffs.
Iniquity changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Bug Report".Jul 27 2025, 5:45 PM
jsn.sherman subscribed.

I suggest we turn this into a spike/investigation to start with since dealing with wikidata-related issues can be complex.

It may be necessary to change the priority of this task due to T396789.