Android app: Wikidata description is displayed in incorrect language if you click "read in other languages"
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	• Deskana
	Nov 19 2014, 5:52 AM

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If you go to an article via "read in other languages", the Wikidata description often appears in the wrong language.

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 3:53 AM

• bzimport added a project: Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog.

• bzimport set Reference to bz73598.

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• Deskana created this task.Nov 19 2014, 5:52 AM

This is because the Wikidata descriptions are loaded based on the language that the app is currently set to, which in the case of the "read in other languages" is different from the actual language of the article.

Change 174375 had a related patch set uploaded by Deskana:
Ensure Wikidata description is always shown in correct language in lead image

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/174375

Change 174375 merged by Dbrant:
Ensure Wikidata description is always shown in correct language in lead image

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/174375

• KLans_WMF moved this task from Needs Triage to Resolved/Invalid/Declined/Legacy on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog board.Mar 17 2015, 5:37 PM

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