[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] T106456: Editing label and description simultaneously conflicts with existing items which have the new label and old description

SJu added a comment. Does such a problem really have to persist for 8 and a half years without a solution? Isn't it possible to turn off the block completely if it doesn't work and prevents normal editing? TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T106456 EMAIL PREFERENCES

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] T106456: Editing label and description simultaneously conflicts with existing items which have the new label and old description

WolfgangFahl added a comment. I ran into this today see https://github.com/LeMyst/WikibaseIntegrator/discussions/507 trying to modify https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116472444 with: python {'Scholar': 'Xiao Liu', 'creationDate': datetime.datetime(2023, 1, 29, 5, 55,

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] T106456: Editing label and description simultaneously conflicts with existing items which have the new label and old description

Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE added a comment. I think the best approach to implement this would be: 1. try to edit the label, then the description (just like now); if that fails, 2. try to edit the description, then the label (works better for some conflicts; if that fails, 3. try to edit