Hi Wikidatans,

On Commons, I have been seeing some puzzling Wikidata edits appearing in the properties for Commons files on my watchlist.

For example: for File:Ada Lovelace portrait.jpg (Q736316) I see the edit (‎Created claim: Property:P18: Chalon Portrait of Queen Victoria - 1837.jpg; ‎Added reference to claim: Property:P18: Chalon Portrait of Queen Victoria - 1837.jpg)

This portrait of Ada Lovelace is decidedly not a portrait of Queen Victoria. Upon further investigation, I see that the artist for both paintings is the same. Still, why is this edit appearing for File:Ada Lovelace portrait.jpg? I don't know why I should be seeing this edit on my watchlist for the Lovelace portrait.

Similarly, for File:John Jay (Gilbert Stuart portrait).jpg (Q100), I see on my Commons watchlist (Language link added: eml:Boston). Further investigation reveals that Boston was the place of death of artist Gilbert Stuart.

Can someone clarify why these Wikidata edits would be appearing in my watchlist on Commons? These edits appear to be related to the artists rather than to the image files.

I do have "" checked, but I would think that this would refer to Wikidata edits about the files themselves or the original artwork from which the photos were derived, rather than the artist who created the artworks from which the files on Commons were derived. Noting that the artist who created a particular image also created another image that we have on Commons seems to be particularly far-removed from information that I need to know as someone who would be interested in knowing about Wikidata changes about the particular file that I'm watching (as opposed to the Wikidata information about the artist.)

Pine