Wikidata should normalize data entered for the language code of Monolingual text as lower case
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	ChristianKl
	Sep 19 2022, 8:45 AM

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Currently, the user has to write "en" or "de" as language code while entering "EN", "En", "De" and "DE" don't find the corresponding language codes. Given that there aren't language codes where capitalization makes a semantic difference normalizing the data entry as lower case to search for the right code would make it easier to use.

I'm writing this ticket because a user asked at https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Forum#Qualifikator_%22Sprache%22_bei_Adresse_(P6375)_unm%C3%B6glich_einzugeben why they were unable to enter the language code when they tried to enter "De".

While this is a minor detail, it seems to trip up users and the fix likely takes little work.

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Mentioned In: T349652: Special:NewLexeme should lowercase language codes from P305
T320493: [EPIC] Be more forgiving in what we accept in API calls where it doesn't introduce ambiguities
Mentioned Here: T268689: Lexeme language code allows both upper and lowercase qids in -x-qid syntax

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ChristianKl created this task.Sep 19 2022, 8:45 AM

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@Manuel this sounds pretty similar to the second part of T268689 (T268689#8036484), except for monolingual text instead of lexemes – maybe the tasks can be merged, or at least connected in some way?

Manuel mentioned this in T320493: [EPIC] Be more forgiving in what we accept in API calls where it doesn't introduce ambiguities.Oct 19 2022, 11:32 AM

Manuel merged a task: T319022: Automatically normalize lowercase and uppercase in Lexeme language code when saving instead of showing an error.

Manuel added a subscriber: • karapayneWMDE.

Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE mentioned this in T349652: Special:NewLexeme should lowercase language codes from P305.Oct 30 2023, 4:13 PM

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Wikidata should normalize data entered for the language code of Monolingual text as lower case
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