Mhurd added a comment. @Lydia_Pintscher
Upon further reflection I actually think we actually //can't// do description editing if Wikidata overloads the "description" field with a delimiter to accommodate the "internal usage notes" :( Here's why: We know the field has some size limit, for the sake of argument say 256 characters. If "description" is overloaded to also contain internal usage notes following some delimiter, we now not only have to strip these notes out in every single place the description needs to be displayed (already half a dozen places in the apps alone), but we //also// then have to strip the internal usage notes and delimiter out when a user edits the actual description, and we'd have to re-add the internal usage note and delimiter *back* in when we saves the description - otherwise editing would destroy the internal usage note. Presuming all of that, say a pre-existing note of, oh, 200 characters already exists - this means when we present the editing interface, we actually only have //56// characters which the user can use for a description. Say the internal usage note is 256 chars - this means we //cannot// have a description *at all*. Does this make sense? TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T90765 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: Vibhabamba, Mhurd Cc: Lydia_Pintscher, kaldari, JKatzWMF, Fjalapeno, jeblad, aude, bearND, Tbayer, Rberchie, hoo, Krenair, Qgil, Vibhabamba, Mhurd, Aklapper, Sylvain_WMFr, Cxyshine, AlexWang, Wikidata-bugs, Ryasmeen, Daniel_Mietchen, Dbrant, Matanya _______________________________________________ Wikidata-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-bugs
