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Seret film ID (P12791) Incorrect

I have incorrectly placed wrong link on property proposal which is for movies reviews and not for movie page. https://www.seret.co.il/movies/s_movies.asp?MID=$1 vs https://www.seret.co.il/critics/moviereviews.asp?id=$1 (wrong). There are 51 links for this property which need fixing. I think I would request opening of another property for Seret reviews. How can I fix those wrong links? רונאלדיניו המלך (talk) 16:45, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seems like you already found the solution. Sjoerd de Bruin (talk) 16:49, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have corrected the link format on property itself but it doesn't work. Die Another Day Template:Q30931 movie id is 1013 and it still links to movie review. Maybe there will be some time to server to update? רונאלדיניו המלך (talk) 16:51, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there is some cache in place that takes time to update. Sjoerd de Bruin (talk) 16:58, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Je souhaiterais aidé à l'amélioration des pages Sal2345 (talk) 22:51, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Publish added child won't publish

I've tried to add an additional child to David Urquhart, with ODNB reference with page URL, but the child's name reains in a pink box and the info won't publish. The child died at 13 months and is often omitted (including original DNB entry) but there are also numerous newspaper articles on his inquest. Why wont it recognise the child's name or publish? (my first attempt after reading tutorials) Ishpoloni (talk) 09:41, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Ishpoloni. The "pink box" indicates there's an issue with the data you entered. It's possible that the child you’re trying to add doesn’t have an existing Wikidata Item, which may prevent the information from being saved. To resolve this, you'll need to create a new Wikidata Item for the child first. Once you've created the item, you can use the new Item as the value for the child statement.

If you're new to Wikidata and need help getting started, I recommend watching this introductory video for absolute beginners. Additionally, you can get in touch with the community for non-technical assistance on adding data to Wikidata and editing in general. -Mohammed Abdulai (WMDE) (talk) 08:52, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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]