On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 4:37 AM, Nicolas Torzec <torzecn@yahoo-inc.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> In case of "edit conflict" the Wikidata UI doesn't provide any explanation
> about the root cause. It makes the conflict impossible to fix for users.
> Would it be possible to provide more clues/explanations in the UI?
>
>
> Case in point:
>
> 1) Brad Pitt currently has three spouses on Wikidata: Jennifer Aniston,
> Angelina Jolie, and "2016".
> => See https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35332
>
> 2) I logged in and tried to remove the third "spouse" but it didn't go
> through and returned an edit conflict.
> => See screenshot attached.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Cheers.
> -N.

Hi Nicolas,

An edit conflict usually means someone else edited at the same time as
you - in this case probably fixing the same issue you wanted to fix.
Reloading the page and seeing if the edit is still necessary is
usually the best course of action. I'll see if we can make this more
understandable.


Cheers
Lydia

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