Improve the integration of description and label fields with other Wikimedia projects
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	Iniquity
	Jul 9 2020, 3:56 PM

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Since the data of description and label fields are displayed in many projects and outside of them and many of them are tied to certain articles, it would be nice to establish normal integration. Also, these fields affect the display of information on Wikipedia on mobile devices, which is especially important.

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Status	Assigned	Task
Open	None	T257588 Improve the integration of description and label fields with other Wikimedia projects
Open	None	T97566 Provide another way to surface usage instructions besides tacking them onto descriptions
Resolved	matej_suchanek	T103836 [Task] get list of all items with usage instructions in description
Open	None	T140131 Show text from Wikidata usage instructions property (P2559) when auto-suggesting properties or items
Open	None	T257523 Integrate 'Wikidata element's description' in another project workflow
Resolved	None	T248457 Fully terminate use of Wikidata item descriptions as short article descriptions for English Wikipedia articles
Resolved	Dbrant	T256817 [EPIC] Replace Wikidata descriptions on enwiki with local descriptions
Resolved	Dbrant	T257486 Switch search to use local descriptions on enwiki
Declined	None	T257487 Switch article page to use local descriptions on enwiki
Resolved	Dbrant	T257488 Adding/editing descriptions should modify the local article, not Wikidata
Invalid	None	T257489 Switch edit CTAs to be based on local descriptions on enwiki
Resolved	JMinor	T257867 Adding/editing descriptions should modify the local article, not Wikidata - iOS task
Declined	• eprodromou	T257944 [EPIC] Article description editing API
Declined	None	T258483 page/summary: Only return local short description overrides for enwiki
Open	None	T259617 Article description editing API
Open	None	T259622 System Administrator disables Wikidata fallback for article descriptions
Open	None	T259624 Reader gets page description
Open	None	T259625 Contributor sets page description
Resolved	• eprodromou	T264024 Editing enabled on English Wikipedia
Open	None	T259626 Contributor deletes page description
Resolved	• Pchelolo	T258485 On enwiki, action API requests with prop=description should only return the local description
Resolved	None	T262498 Expose page description API in gateway
Resolved	• eprodromou	T263493 Reader gets appropriate article short description in search results
Open	None	T275571 Make short description API usable in WMF apps
Resolved	Lydia_Pintscher	T191831 Track implicit use of non-overridden wikidata description
Resolved	Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE	T265897 Create implicit use of description in content language
Resolved	Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE	T265898 Don’t create implicit description use if description is overridden locally
Resolved	hoo	T265899 Investigate where explicit D.en usages on English Wikipedia come from
Resolved	Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE	T267745 Enable implicit description use in production

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Iniquity created this task.Jul 9 2020, 3:56 PM

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Iniquity renamed this task from Improve the integration of description and label fields with other projects to Improve the integration of description and label fields with other Wikimedia projects.Jul 9 2020, 3:57 PM

Iniquity added a subtask: T97566: Provide another way to surface usage instructions besides tacking them onto descriptions.

Iniquity added subtasks: T257523: Integrate 'Wikidata element's description' in another project workflow, T248457: Fully terminate use of Wikidata item descriptions as short article descriptions for English Wikipedia articles.

Mathglot added a subscriber: Mathglot.Jul 22 2020, 9:56 PM

• Addshore added a subscriber: • Addshore.Jul 24 2020, 11:12 AM

Iniquity added a subtask: T191831: Track implicit use of non-overridden wikidata description.Dec 3 2020, 2:05 AM

Lydia_Pintscher closed subtask T191831: Track implicit use of non-overridden wikidata description as Resolved.Dec 4 2020, 9:44 AM

Pppery closed subtask T248457: Fully terminate use of Wikidata item descriptions as short article descriptions for English Wikipedia articles as Resolved.Jan 29 2023, 11:26 PM