When two items get merged via the api or the special page, the summaries look like
Merged item from "Qxxx"
It would be great if the Q-ID was a link so one could easily access the item which was also involved in the merge to view/undelete it. This is an easy change as only some brackets are missing. Finally, the summary should look like this:
Merged item from "[[Qxxx]]"
Maybe we can even drop the quotes and just use:
Merged item from [[Qxxx]]
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T90435 [Epic] Wikidata watchlist improvements (client) | |||
| Open | None | T69281 [Task] Add link to merge summary |
So, it's not as trivial as it seems;
In Wikibase, you'd need the right namespace, so basically "Merged item into [[Item:$3]]" while for Wikidata "Merged item into [[$3]]" should be sufficient.
So you'd need to come up with a clever solution for that before changing it.
Change 240704 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ricordisamoa):
AutoCommentFormatter: add link to merge summary
In most cases, after a merge was performed the source item is redirected to the target item.
So, in target item's history a simple link will not be very useful, and it should be replaced with direct link to the source item history, e.g. an equivalent of this wiki syntax:
Merged item from [//www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q10000&action=history Q10000]
Change 409004 had a related patch set uploaded (by Matěj Suchánek; owner: Matěj Suchánek):
[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] Link entity ids in merge and redirect summaries
Change 240704 abandoned by Thiemo Kreuz (WMDE):
AutoCommentFormatter: add link to merge summary
Reason:
Superseded by Ia561842, I believe. Please feel free to reopen this patch if you think there is still something in here we should continue working on.
Change 409004 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] Link entity ids in merge and redirect summaries
Change 240704 restored by Thiemo Kreuz (WMDE):
AutoCommentFormatter: add link to merge summary
Reason:
The alternative patch Ia561842 did not worked and was reverted.
Change 240704 abandoned by Addshore:
[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] AutoCommentFormatter: add link to merge summary
Reason:
Not touched in years