suggest existing items when creating a new one to prevent duplication
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	Lydia_Pintscher
	Aug 29 2012, 10:46 AM

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When a new item is created we should offer a list of existing items with the same name to the user to make sure the item they want to create doesn't already exist.

Version: master
Severity: minor
Whiteboard: u=dev c=frontend p=0

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Reference: bz39763

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 22 2014, 12:48 AM

• bzimport added projects: MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, patch-welcome.

• bzimport set Reference to bz39763.

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Lydia_Pintscher created this task.Aug 29 2012, 10:46 AM

Adding wikidata keyword.

"Name" as in "label" and "alias" I presume... That is the same disambiguation list as in Special:ItemDisambiguation.

[replacing wikidata keyword by adding CC - see bug 56417]

Lydia_Pintscher added a project: Wikidata.Dec 1 2014, 3:00 PM

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Lydia_Pintscher closed this task as Declined.Feb 27 2015, 4:09 PM

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suggest existing items when creating a new one to prevent duplication
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