Better messaging than Wikidata API error code when attempting to add title descriptions
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	mpopov
	Sep 17 2019, 10:25 PM

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Edit title description on an article that doesn't have a Wikidata item associated
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Request

Maybe a more informative, user-friendlier message of why the title description can't be published? If I didn't know how it worked I think I'd be confused why sometimes I can add a title description and why sometimes I get:

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Which might make me more hesitant to try adding title descriptions going forward. Although if this was a heavily debated issue and it was decided to leave the error code as is feel free to close.

Environments observed

App version: 6.3.2 (1659)
OS version: 12.4.1

Affected articles

e.g. Matchmaking (video games)

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Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
Resolved		JTannerWMF	T319347 iOS edit notices and errors
Open		None	T224748 Clear editing error messages
Declined		• JMinor	T236727 Release 6.4.1
Resolved	BUG REPORT	ABorbaWMF	T233168 Better messaging than Wikidata API error code when attempting to add title descriptions

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mpopov created this task.Sep 17 2019, 10:25 PM

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Resetting task assignee as the account @NHarateh_WMF is not active anymore.

In case more examples articles (that aren't linked to wikidata items) are needed for QA: https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/40451

I was unable to see the normal title editing UI when using an article without a wikidata item. I tried these articles below and I just see normal article editing. So I'm not seeing the error, but that may be ok? The example article above now has a wikidata item.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_climate_change_denial
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Legacy

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• JMinor removed a project: iOS-app-v6.6-Penguin-On-A-Sled.Dec 10 2019, 7:31 PM

In my case the error message doesn't include a code, it just says "WMF.WikidataAPIResult.APIError error" (perhaps the view is clipped), and the error doesn't seem to get logged. Only with a debugger attached I was able to get more details ("permissiondenied").