Wikidata provides a tool for query building.
But I cannot find any shortcut in the editor to comment/uncomment in bulk (that is, comment/uncomment multiple lines at the same time).
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What do you mean by comment? Do you mean [qualifiers](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Help:Qualifiers)? Anyway, Wikidata does not allow SPARQL update queries from this public endpoint. Probably you could use some command-line tool for batch editing. [An example](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Creating_a_bot#Example_8:_Add_a_qualifier). – Stanislav Kralin Jan 12 '18 at 15:27
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Or do you just want to comment/uncomment lines in your query? – Stanislav Kralin Jan 12 '18 at 15:32
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@StanislavKralin : I mean just comment/uncomment in my query – Loredra L Jan 12 '18 at 15:40
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for comment one line: `#` Do you need comment several lines? – Alexan Jan 12 '18 at 15:48
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@Alexan : Yep.Also updated the question – Loredra L Jan 12 '18 at 15:59
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1I don't think it's possible. You can comment only by line. – Alexan Jan 12 '18 at 16:04
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This feature is pending code review now: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/436174/ – Udi May 30 '18 at 06:55
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As of June 2018, the SPARQL query editor at https://query.wikidata.org/ lets you select several lines and click Ctrl+/ to bulk (un)comment. (This feature was not available when the original question and answer were written.)
The SPARQL language does not have a "multi-line comment" indicator, only "the rest of this line is a comment" hash ("#") indicator.
Some text editors will let you add the same prefix to multiple lines with one command; this requires that you edit your query outside of most SPARQL endpoint webforms.
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