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Bug 52105 - VisualEditor: Ability to edit language links on Wikidata from within the editor
VisualEditor: Ability to edit language links on Wikidata from within the editor
Status: ASSIGNED
Product: VisualEditor
Classification: Unclassified
Editing Tools (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Editing team bugs – take if you're interested!
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Reported: 2013-07-26 17:26 UTC by Lydia Pintscher
Modified: 2014-03-01 00:14 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Assignee Huggle Beta Tester: ---


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Description Lydia Pintscher 2013-07-26 17:26:25 UTC
People would like to be able to edit the language links that are coming from Wikidata in the page settings dialog. A link from there to Wikidata would probably also be a good first step.
Comment 1 James Forrester 2013-07-26 18:16:28 UTC
This would be excellent, but potentially quite a lot of work. Would the Wikidata team be interested in exploring with us how this could be done?
Comment 2 rupert.thurner 2013-08-01 23:10:25 UTC
bug52383 suggests the opposite approach: please do not include such complex logic in VE which is already slow. be so kind to improve the current implementation within the VE project if you feel its hacky.
Comment 3 Lydia Pintscher 2013-09-30 13:03:13 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> This would be excellent, but potentially quite a lot of work. Would the
> Wikidata team be interested in exploring with us how this could be done?

Yes :) I don't yet know if/how we can dedicate development time to this but let's talk.
Comment 4 Elitre 2014-02-27 13:48:54 UTC
Apparently this is how it currently works? You can add links to Wikidata while in VE, but then you'll miss them because the page will be reloaded?
Comment 5 Elitre 2014-02-27 13:51:06 UTC
Sorry, rephrasing: You can add items to Wikidata while in VE, but then you'll miss the other edits you made in that VE session since the page will be reloaded.
Comment 6 James Forrester 2014-02-27 16:43:56 UTC
(In reply to Elitre from comment #4)
> Apparently this is how it currently works? You can add links to Wikidata
> while in VE, but then you'll miss them because the page will be reloaded?

(In reply to Elitre from comment #5)
> Sorry, rephrasing: You can add items to Wikidata while in VE, but then
> you'll miss the other edits you made in that VE session since the page will
> be reloaded.

Yes, the Wikidata team's sidebar JS tool to add to language links ignores the existence of VE (and so breaks things, as you say).

This bug is talking about being able to edit the language links inside VE, in the language panel of the "page options" dialog which is currently read-only. It's also meant to cover more cases and features than the sidebar JS tool currently does.
Comment 7 Elitre 2014-02-27 16:47:57 UTC
Thanks. So should I file a new one, or...?
Comment 8 James Forrester 2014-02-27 16:48:42 UTC
(In reply to Elitre from comment #7)
> Thanks. So should I file a new one, or...?

Filing a new bug about the Wikidata tool destroying your current edit by navigating away sounds like a good plan, yes, sorry. :-)

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