Maniphest T417042

[MEX] M4.1.8 - external-id
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	karapayneWMDE
	Tue, Feb 10, 4:40 PM

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	Wed, Feb 11, 10:42 AM

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Description

As a wikidata editor, i want to be enabled to enter external identifiers relevant to the information of an item.

Screenshot 2026-02-11 at 11.42.08.png (1×2 px, 200 KB)

Figma file here

Acceptance Criteria

the input field is a simple text input
there is no error check as far as i could tell
the output on the display side is a link
tests are updated or created as needed

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Add support for external id datatype	mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase	master	+13 -17

Customize query in gerrit

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Open		None	T394621 [MEX] Mobile Editing Experience of Items Project
		Open		None	T407324 [MEX] M4 - Create editing functionality for the remaining datatypes for statements on Items on mobile
		Resolved		karapayneWMDE	T417042 [MEX] M4.1.8 - external-id

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karapayneWMDE created this task.Tue, Feb 10, 4:40 PM

karapayneWMDE assigned this task to Alice.moutinho.

karapayneWMDE mentioned this in T407324: [MEX] M4 - Create editing functionality for the remaining datatypes for statements on Items on mobile.Tue, Feb 10, 4:54 PM

karapayneWMDE moved this task from Incoming to MEX Incoming column on the Wikidata-Omega board.Tue, Feb 10, 5:17 PM

Alice.moutinho updated the task description. (Show Details)Wed, Feb 11, 10:42 AM

karapayneWMDE moved this task from MEX Incoming column to Ready for Task Time (Story Writing) on the Wikidata-Omega board.Wed, Feb 11, 12:57 PM

hoo updated the task description. (Show Details)Wed, Feb 11, 1:16 PM

karapayneWMDE updated the task description. (Show Details)Wed, Feb 11, 1:21 PM

karapayneWMDE moved this task from Ready for Task Time (Story Writing) to The Backlog on the Wikidata-Omega board.

AudreyPenven_WMDE claimed this task.Thu, Feb 12, 3:43 PM

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AudreyPenven_WMDE added a subscriber: Alice.moutinho.

AudreyPenven_WMDE moved this task from new to the board to In Development on the Wikidata-Omega (The Board) board.Thu, Feb 12, 3:49 PM

Change #1239167 had a related patch set uploaded (by Audrey Penven; author: Audrey Penven):

[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] [WIP] external id datatype

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1239167

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Thu, Feb 12, 4:57 PM

AudreyPenven_WMDE removed AudreyPenven_WMDE as the assignee of this task.Fri, Feb 13, 12:41 PM

AudreyPenven_WMDE moved this task from In Development to Ready for Peer Review on the Wikidata-Omega (The Board) board.

ArthurTaylor claimed this task.Fri, Feb 13, 1:41 PM

ArthurTaylor moved this task from Ready for Peer Review to In Peer Review on the Wikidata-Omega (The Board) board.

AudreyPenven_WMDE mentioned this in T417413: [MEX] Cleanup unsupported datatypes code.Fri, Feb 13, 3:02 PM

ArthurTaylor removed ArthurTaylor as the assignee of this task.Mon, Feb 16, 8:45 AM

ArthurTaylor moved this task from In Peer Review to Product Verification on the Wikidata-Omega (The Board) board.

Change #1239167 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] Add support for external id datatype

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1239167

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Mon, Feb 16, 9:31 AM

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.16; 2026-02-17).Mon, Feb 16, 10:00 AM

karapayneWMDE closed this task as Resolved.Mon, Feb 23, 7:19 PM

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karapayneWMDE moved this task from Product Verification to Done - Moving a task here will move it to the completed tasks workboard, resolve the ticket, and assign it to whomever made the move on the Wikidata-Omega (The Board) board.

karapayneWMDE edited projects, added Wikidata-Omega (Completed Tasks); removed Wikidata-Omega (The Board).

karapayneWMDE moved this task from Newly completed tasks to 2026 Q1 on the Wikidata-Omega (Completed Tasks) board.Mon, Feb 23, 7:25 PM