Unable to remove P727 - The save has failed.
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	DannyS712
	Mar 25 2020, 2:17 AM

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Steps to reproduce:
Either manually or via quickstatements, attempt to remove the use of P727 (Europeana ID) from an item in the list below

Expected result:
Can remove

Actual result:
Cannot remove Could not remove due to an error. The save has failed. (wikibase-api-failed-save)

Affected items:

See quickstatements attempt: https://tools.wmflabs.org/quickstatements/#/batch/27217
Not all items were attempted manually, but all failed on quickstatements

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Mentioned Here: T44325: Prevent creation of items having the same sitelinks (duplicates)
T50260: possible to create duplicate sitelinks

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Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 25 2020, 11:04 AM

I tried it with Q17437647 in the API sandbox and the error response includes some more information:

{
    "errors": [
        {
            "code": "failed-save",
            "text": "The save has failed.",
            "module": "wbremoveclaims"
        },
        {
            "code": "wikibase-validator-sitelink-conflict",
            "text": "The link [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Protestantse_Kerk_(Twisk) commonswiki:Category:Protestantse Kerk (Twisk)] is already used by Item [[Q17437646|Q17437646]]. You may remove it from [[Q17437646|Q17437646]] if it does not belong there or merge the Items if they are about the exact same topic.",
            "module": "wbremoveclaims"
        },
        {
            "code": "failed-save",
            "text": "The save has failed.",
            "data": {
                "messages": [
                    {
                        "name": "wikibase-api-failed-save",
                        "parameters": [],
                        "html": "The save has failed."
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "wikibase-validator-sitelink-conflict",
                        "parameters": [
                            "[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Protestantse_Kerk_(Twisk) commonswiki:Category:Protestantse Kerk (Twisk)]",
                            "[[Q17437646|Q17437646]]"
                        ],
                        "html": "Site link <a class=\"external text\" href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Protestantse_Kerk_(Twisk)\">commonswiki:Category:Protestantse Kerk (Twisk)</a> is already used by item <a href=\"/wiki/Q17437646\" title=\"Q17437646\">Q17437646</a>. Perhaps the items should be <a href=\"/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Merge\" title=\"Special:MyLanguage/Help:Merge\">merged</a> and one of them <a href=\"/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Deletion_policy\" title=\"Special:MyLanguage/Wikidata:Deletion policy\">deleted</a>? Request deletion of one of the items at <a href=\"/wiki/Wikidata:Requests_for_deletions\" title=\"Wikidata:Requests for deletions\">d:Wikidata:Requests for deletions</a>, or ask at <a href=\"/wiki/Wikidata:Interwiki_conflicts\" title=\"Wikidata:Interwiki conflicts\">d:Wikidata:Interwiki conflicts</a> if you believe that they should not be merged."
                    }
                ]
            },
            "module": "wbremoveclaims"
        }
    ],
    "docref": "See https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php for API usage. Subscribe to the mediawiki-api-announce mailing list at &lt;https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api-announce&gt; for notice of API deprecations and breaking changes.",
    "servedby": "mw1363"
}

The link commonswiki:Category:Protestantse Kerk (Twisk) is already used by Item Q17437646. You may remove it from Q17437646 if it does not belong there or merge the Items if they are about the exact same topic.

Site link commonswiki:Category:Protestantse Kerk (Twisk) is already used by item Q17437646. Perhaps the items should be merged and one of them deleted? Request deletion of one of the items at d:Wikidata:Requests for deletions, or ask at d:Wikidata:Interwiki conflicts if you believe that they should not be merged.

Other edits also seem to fail (I tried adding an English description), so I don’t think this is related to P727.

Would it be possible to allow other edits to go through even if the sitelink conflicts?

The inconsistent database strikes again! T50260 was closed as a duplicate (pun intended) and links to T44325 . The items show up on https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:True_duplicates and are not duplicates and should not be merged.

https://w.wiki/LST indicates that 70 of these are Rijksmonumenten. I'll work my way through them. Let's see what's left after that.

I cleaned up all these cases and asked @hoo to update https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:True_duplicates . Judging from the last edit times of these items this is an old issue that just hasn't been cleaned up yet. Marking this one as resolved because I think we have nothing left to do here.

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Unable to remove P727 - The save has failed.
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