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Feature request: "shortcut" menu item for new item creation against a chosen reconciliation service #4985

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Idea from @lozanaross, endorsed by me, which we discussed in the context of Wikimedia Commons user testing sessions.

Creating new items via reconciliation services is a confusing process, as we regularly see in demos or user tests. People first have to reconcile non-existent entities (eg not yet existing Wikidata items or Wikimedia Commons filenames) against a reconciliation service, and then mark them as new. We propose a shortcut to make this process easier and probably more logical.

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Add a menu item which may be something like Create new items via reconciliation service...
When selecting this menu item, the user then gets a small dialog, very similar to the one produced by the Use values as identifiers menu command, saying: Create a new item for each of the selected cells, against reconciliation service: with a drop-down menu that allows the user to choose between all the reconciliation services they have installed.
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(The idea is that prior reconciliation before this process then would not be necessary.)

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Keep the current situation with very confused users.

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Module: FrontendThese issues involve working on HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code that affects the user interface.Type: Feature RequestIdentifies requests for new features or enhancements. These involve proposing new improvements.reconciliationRelated to the reconciliation operations and other features

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SDC (WMF) grant 2021-22 - done

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