https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52383

--- Comment #10 from James Forrester <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> oh, you are right, it is just code to parse and display it in page settings
> *blush*, sorry for confusion. coming back to the original suggestion: why not
> improve the hacky gadget in the frame of the VE project, instead of including
> it in the VE?

The hacky gadget, as I recall:

* Doesn't let you set non-Wikidata language links (as needed on non-Wikipedia
wikis)
* Doesn't let you set local language links to over-ride the ones from Wikidata
(as needed on Wikipedia sometimes e.g. for [[Maggie Simpson]])
* Doesn't let you change/remove other languages' links without making you leave
the site and going to Wikidata to use the tools there
* Doesn't let you create new Wikidata entities for the page
* Is based on local code that may differ between wikis (making VisualEditor
work differently in different places)

We agreed with the Wikidata team a few months ago that replacing this was a
worthwhile thing to do.

Incidentally, on the wider point, we're very keen to start moving away from
editing being a monolithic block of actions that have to take place together,
and instead letting users "curate" quickly - whether that's changing
categories, language links, workflow action items (like "needs wikifying" or
"nominate for deletion") or other tasks - without having to enter the editor.

HOWEVER, that's not really the point of this bug, is it?

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