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TASK DESCRIPTION **Feature summary** When updating **labels**, **descriptions**, and/or **aliases **with the `standaard Wikidata user interface` one history/version record is generated for each language line changed. This is confusing for the user when reviewing the update history afterwards. When using the `Pywikibot` function `editEntity` only one single history record is generated for all of the updated labels, descriptions, or aliases. **Steps to reproduce** (item update history examples) - Long history list when using the Wikidata User Interface <https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?date-range-to=2021-08-24&tagfilter=wikidata-ui&title=Q7599423&action=history>; one separate line for each updated cell in the label, description, or alias language matrix - One single history line when using the Pywikibot editEntity interface <https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q7599423&type=revision&diff=1486807954&oldid=1486806551>; only one single history line consolidating all of the cell updates **Use case(s)** We would prefer that the Wikidata user interface uses one single function call to `editEntity`, like Pywikibot does; not a separate transaction for each of the changed language lines, but one single transaction to update all of the labels, descriptions, and aliases in one shot. Example call for Pywikibot: item.editEntity( {'labels': item.labels, 'descriptions': item.descriptions, 'aliases': item.aliases}, summary=transcmt) We suspect that the Wikidata GUI uses a loop through each language for all of the changed labels, descriptions, and aliases to call a function `editLabels`, `editDescriptions`, `editAliases` for each cell in the language matrix that changed. See https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Pywikibot_-_Python_3_Tutorial/Labels for an example of calling those functions. TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T289761 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: Geertivp Cc: Ainali, Geertivp, Aklapper, Invadibot, maantietaja, Akuckartz, Nandana, Lahi, Gq86, GoranSMilovanovic, QZanden, LawExplorer, _jensen, rosalieper, Scott_WUaS, Wikidata-bugs, aude, Mbch331
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