diff --git a/src/org/wikipedia/WikipediaApp.java b/src/org/wikipedia/WikipediaApp.java
index 91c26fc8..2b227f1d 100644
--- a/src/org/wikipedia/WikipediaApp.java
+++ b/src/org/wikipedia/WikipediaApp.java
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collector;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
-
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
@@ -37,8 +37,13 @@
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.tools.Utils;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.wikipedia.api.wikidata_action.ApiQueryClient;
+import org.wikipedia.api.wikidata_action.WikidataActionApiUrl;
+import org.wikipedia.api.wikidata_action.json.CheckEntityExistsResult;
+import org.wikipedia.api.wikidata_action.json.SerializationSchema;
 import org.wikipedia.data.WikidataEntry;
 import org.wikipedia.data.WikipediaEntry;
+import org.wikipedia.tools.ListUtil;
 import org.wikipedia.tools.RegexUtil;
 import org.wikipedia.tools.XPath;
 
@@ -394,47 +399,43 @@ public static String getLabelForWikidata(String wikidataId, Locale locale, Strin
     }
 
     static List<WikidataEntry> getLabelForWikidata(List<? extends WikipediaEntry> entries, Locale locale, String ... preferredLanguage) {
-        if (entries.size() > 50) {
-            return partitionList(entries, 50).stream()
-                    .flatMap(chunk -> getLabelForWikidata(chunk, locale, preferredLanguage).stream())
-                    .collect(Collectors.toList());
-        } else if (entries.isEmpty()) {
-            return Collections.emptyList();
+        final Collection<String> languages = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (locale != null) {
+            languages.add(getMediawikiLocale(locale));
+            languages.add(getMediawikiLocale(new Locale(locale.getLanguage())));
         }
-        try {
-            final String url = "https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php" +
+        languages.addAll(Arrays.asList(preferredLanguage));
+        languages.add("en");
+        languages.add(null);
+
+        final List<WikidataEntry> result = new ArrayList<>(entries.size());
+        ListUtil.processInBatches(entries, 50, batch -> {
+            try {
+                final String url = "https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php" +
                     "?action=wbgetentities" +
                     "&props=labels|descriptions" +
                     "&ids=" + entries.stream().map(x -> x.article).collect(Collectors.joining("|")) +
                     "&format=xml";
-            final Collection<String> languages = new ArrayList<>();
-            if (locale != null) {
-                languages.add(getMediawikiLocale(locale));
-                languages.add(getMediawikiLocale(new Locale(locale.getLanguage())));
-            }
-            languages.addAll(Arrays.asList(preferredLanguage));
-            languages.add("en");
-            languages.add(null);
-            final List<WikidataEntry> r = new ArrayList<>(entries.size());
-            try (final InputStream in = connect(url).getContent()) {
-                final Document xml = newDocumentBuilder().parse(in);
-                for (final WikipediaEntry entry : entries) {
-                    final Node entity = X_PATH.evaluateNode("//entity[@id='" + entry.article + "']", xml);
-                    if (entity == null) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                    r.add(new WikidataEntry(
+                try (InputStream in = connect(url).getContent()) {
+                    final Document xml = newDocumentBuilder().parse(in);
+                    for (final WikipediaEntry entry : entries) {
+                        final Node entity = X_PATH.evaluateNode("//entity[@id='" + entry.article + "']", xml);
+                        if (entity == null) {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        result.add(new WikidataEntry(
                             entry.article,
                             getFirstField(languages, "label", entity),
                             entry.coordinate,
                             getFirstField(languages, "description", entity)
-                    ));
+                        ));
+                    }
                 }
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(ex);
             }
-            return r;
-        } catch (Exception ex) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
-        }
+        });
+        return result;
     }
 
     private static String getFirstField(Collection<String> languages, String field, Node entity) {
diff --git a/src/org/wikipedia/gui/WikipediaToggleDialog.java b/src/org/wikipedia/gui/WikipediaToggleDialog.java
index 71526e98..318e74b1 100644
--- a/src/org/wikipedia/gui/WikipediaToggleDialog.java
+++ b/src/org/wikipedia/gui/WikipediaToggleDialog.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
-
 import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
 import javax.swing.DefaultListCellRenderer;
 import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;
@@ -51,6 +50,7 @@
 import org.wikipedia.WikipediaApp;
 import org.wikipedia.actions.FetchWikidataAction;
 import org.wikipedia.data.WikipediaEntry;
+import org.wikipedia.tools.ListUtil;
 
 public class WikipediaToggleDialog extends ToggleDialog implements ActiveLayerChangeListener, DataSetListenerAdapter.Listener {
 
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ protected Void doInBackground() throws Exception {
             final List<WikipediaEntry> entries = getEntries();
             entries.sort(null);
             publish(entries.toArray(new WikipediaEntry[entries.size()]));
-            WikipediaApp.partitionList(entries, 20).forEach(chunk -> {
-                WikipediaApp.forLanguage(chunk.get(0).lang).updateWIWOSMStatus(chunk);
+            ListUtil.processInBatches(entries, 20, batch -> {
+                WikipediaApp.forLanguage(batch.get(0).lang).updateWIWOSMStatus(batch);
                 list.repaint();
             });
             return null;
diff --git a/src/org/wikipedia/tools/ListUtil.java b/src/org/wikipedia/tools/ListUtil.java
index 182bdc59..a03f71fc 100644
--- a/src/org/wikipedia/tools/ListUtil.java
+++ b/src/org/wikipedia/tools/ListUtil.java
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ private ListUtil() {
         // Private constructor to avoid instantiation
     }
 
+    private static final BiConsumer<Integer, Integer> EMPTY_BICONSUMER = (a, b) -> {};
+
     /**
      * Splits the given list {@code fullList} into batches of a size of {@code maxBatchSize} or less and each batch is
      * then consumed by the given {@link Consumer} {@code processBatch}.
@@ -27,5 +29,9 @@ public static <T> void processInBatches(final List<T> fullList, int maxBatchSize
         }
     }
 
+    public static <T> void processInBatches(final List<T> fullList, int maxBatchSize, final Consumer<List<T>> processBatch) {
+        processInBatches(fullList, maxBatchSize, processBatch, EMPTY_BICONSUMER);
+    }
+
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}