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Display label in French UI for iso:gsw language is incorrect

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T368514

The French interface shows allemand suisse for iso:de-ch.
(this is not our focus) The French interface shows suisse allemand for iso:gsw.
This latter is incorrect.
The French interface should display alémanique (gsw).
The English interface already displays Alemannic (gsw).
Other languages interfaces also displays translations of Alemannic.

See this gallery for current state (left:incorrect) and desired state (right:correct) :

Wikidata_languages-gsw_in_French_UI-wrong_(suisse allemand).png
[INTERFACE MANUALLY EDITED TO SHOW DESIRED RENDERING]
Wikidata languages-gsw in French UI-correct (alémanique)

Where can we correct this ? Where to change the code ? Where to open a phabricator ticket ? cc: User:Le Commissaire (native speaker), User:VIGNERON. Yug (talk) 11:35, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Yug, thank you for your detailed description and the screenshots illustrating the issue with the French interface. It's not immediately clear where this configuration needs to be adjusted, but I have created a Phabricator ticket so we can investigate further. You can track it here. Mohammed Abdulai (WMDE) (talk) 08:51, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you @Mohammed Abdulai (WMDE) for creating the ticket. I have submitted a local patch for CLDR some minutes ago: Gerrit:1049993 (pending review).

@ native French speakers: Could someone please create a ticket upstream? Thanks. Raymond (talk) 17:04, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Newbie query: MRH-90 in Australian service (Q17489231)

I've tried to add to "MRH-90 in Australian service (Q17489231)" the English Wikipedia article "MRH-90 Taipan" but it won't let me. I can't click publish. thanks Melbguy05 (talk) 12:57, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Melbguy05. Welcome to Wikidata!

I tried adding the sitelink and didn't encounter any issues. (I undid the edit as I'm not an expert on the topic and wasn't sure if they should be connected.)

Take a look at this guide and try it again yourself: Wikidata:Wikipedia/How to help. If you need any help getting started on Wikidata or adding content, you can always write on Wikidata:Project chat where other community members would be happy to help you out.

--- Mohammed Abdulai (WMDE) (talk) 08:36, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can't escape English

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T368595

Hi! For the second or third day now I can't change my interface language on Wikidata to any other but English. I select in the menu on top of the page, the page reloads but it's still English, no matter what I selected. The situation is the same in two different browsers. Flipping Switches (talk) 11:15, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can’t reproduce this (switching interface language works for me), but it sounds like the same issue as T368595. Which page are you on, and which other language are you trying to switch to? --Lucas Werkmeister (WMDE) (talk) 12:19, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Lucas Werkmeister (WMDE), the same happens on all Wikidata pages. But it seems, I figured out what happens. First when it happened few days ago, I was on some QNNN page and switched language on top to English to see how all properties are named. Then after a browsing for a while I switched back to Ukrainian - but the effect was as described in OP. And now what happens: I check here on Wikidata my Global Preferences and there the language is set Ukrainian by me. But the moment I select ANY language, including Ukrainian, in the top menu (which is on the left to my account link) on any Wikidata page, it sets English as the "local exception for this global preference" if I check the Preferences page again. So I can "uncheck" this local exception to fix the problem once. But I still can't change language back and forth from the top menu. Firefox and Edge are the browsers where the issue is spotted, didn't try any other. — Flipping Switches (talk) 08:24, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Q5296 is busted, may need manual fix

Hello,

I clicked on a Wikidata item link on an English Wikipedia article a few days ago, and it somehow directed to entirely the wrong item, Q5269 which blew up. After waiting a bit, the English Wikipedia backlink went to the correct Wikidata item. However, this 5269 option appears to still be malfunctioning when visited on the website - it still throws an error. Perhaps there's some invalid, impossible relation in the DB that needs to be unrolled by a dev? Is this the right place to report this, or should I go to Phabricator? SnowFire (talk) 19:24, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Which English Wikipedia article? What is the link text? Also, the title mentions Q5296, but the report mentions Q5269. Could you make it clear? --Matěj Suchánek (talk) 13:49, 14 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was Q:5296 - just a typo from typing from memory. I see it's now loading for me after I complained as "Wikimedia main page" (I had no idea what this item was before). The article I clicked from was en:Gertrude Bell, but maybe it was from a switched tab that was on the English Wikipedia front page? I mean, I don't think it was and that wasn't my recollection, but that'd explain it. (As for why it blew up, and why it's fixed now - that part of the question might still be relevant.) SnowFire (talk) 01:20, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request – add entity ID to the titles displayed on web browsers

Currently, the title bar on web browsers only shows the item's label, e.g. Q709369 [1], Q8441, Q2194748 are all:

man - Wikidata

It is hard to distingush them, especially when you are opening lots of browser tabs, or compiling a list of bookmarks. It would be convenient to have the entity ID too, e.g.:

man (Q709369) - Wikidata

and likewise for the permalink page [2]. Note that the revision history pages [3] and diff pages [4] already display both the label and ID. Wotheina (talk) 01:50, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Q4850199

I'm sorry, I've never edited here before and know literally nothing about this project. At Q4850199 - Balboa Academy – the URL given is a spamlink to a gambling site. The correct URL is www.balboaacademy.edu.pa. Thank you. 2A00:23C5:50E8:EE01:FDBB:D885:56F4:B3F5 14:13, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have corrected the item. In the future you can make these kinds of requests at Wikidata:Project chat. William Graham (talk) 15:35, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]