Last modified: 2012-12-13 11:18:28 UTC
Currently, setlanguageattribute is used for setting labels and descriptions. This seems confusing and inconsistent in several ways. * the name doesn't tell us what the module does. * it seems inconsistent to be able to change the label and description at once, but not e.g. the aliases. * generating translatable autoComments for every combination of adding/removing/updating labels and descriptions causes massive overhead, the number of translatable messages explodes. * the UI does not allow for labels and descriptions to be changed at once anyway. This seems to me mostly useful during item creation, which uses the setitem module. * conceptually. there should be one API module for every operation performed on the item. Each module is the equivalent of a function. * if and when it is desirable to update both label and description in a single edit, it's always possible to use setitem. So, if there is no compelling reason to be able to change a label and description with a single edit without using setitem, please split these operations into separate modules. Code can still be shared by using a common base class.
Verified in Wikidata demo time for sprint 12
