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Parsing links

In the "using wikidata in Wikipedia articles" section, under parsing data, it says that using the statements function doesn't returns a link if the link is a redirect. The example itself is untrue, as calling for that Egyptologist data will indeed return a redirect link to Egyptology (as clearly shown around 2 lines later...). Is the whole statement untrue, or is there some qualification missing? Either way, it needs to be edited. JoeJShmo^💌 21:20, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Using getAllStatements

On Module:Authority control we are currently reading the Wikidata item of an article about 150 times for each separate identifier using getBestStatements. I am wondering if it would be more efficient to extract all the statements in one go using getAllStatements and then process them with Lua. Does anyone have any insight into this? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 09:16, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cross-posted to mw:Extension talk:Wikibase Client/Lua — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:56, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Interlanguage links for redirects

@MSGJ: could you describe the up-to-date practice for using redirects in interlanguage links, please? thanks! fgnievinski (talk) 01:06, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've reread wikidata:Wikidata:Sitelinks_to_redirects#To_enter_a_sitelink_to_a_redirect_select_the_badge_first and I get it now; I've now updated the explanation at en:Wikipedia:Wikidata. fgnievinski (talk) 04:59, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For some reason I did not receive any notification of this post. But I'm glad you sorted it — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:02, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pings don't work unless you sign at the same time — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 10:03, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Wikidata item" link is missing from side panel "Tools"

The article says "From a Wikipedia page, you can go to the link "Wikidata item", using "Tools" in the side panel" but my interface does not show the "Wikidata item" link. I am using an ipad in desktop mode, default skin. I worked around this problem by making the desired change on the Wikidata website but surely I am not the only person having this problem? T g7 (talk) 09:35, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In the last few days, the link has been moved to the "in other projects" section of the side panel — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:30, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]