         guard let dataStore = dataStore, let language = self.url.wmf_language else {
             return false
         }
-        return !dataStore.wikidataDescriptionEditingController.isBlacklisted(language)
+        let isLanguageBlacklisted = dataStore.wikidataDescriptionEditingController.isBlacklisted(language)
+        let isDescriptionFromLocalWiki = descriptionSource == .local
+        return !isLanguageBlacklisted || !isDescriptionFromLocalWiki
     }
 }

    ///   - language: language code of the page's wiki, e.g., "en".
    ///   - wiki: wiki of the page to be updated, e.g., "enwiki"
    ///   - completion: completion block called when operation is completed.
    private func publish(newWikidataDescription: String, forPageWithTitle title: String, language: String, wiki: String, completion: @escaping (Error?) -> Void) {
        guard !isBlacklisted(language) else {
            //DDLog("Attempting to publish a wikidata description in a blacklisted language; aborting")
            completion(WikidataPublishingError.blacklistedLanguage)
            return
        }
        let requestWithCSRFCompletion: (WikidataAPIResult?, URLResponse?, Error?) -> Void = { result, response, error in

            completion(WikidataPublishingError.invalidArticleURL)
            return
        }
        publish(newWikidataDescription: newWikidataDescription, from: source, forPageWithTitle: title, language: language, wiki: wiki, completion: completion)
    }

    /// Publish new wikidata description.
