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The short description of a Wikipedia page is a brief phrase intended to complement and clarify the page title, particularly in contexts where this is seen in isolation from the page itself. Taken together, the title and short description concisely explain the scope of the page—for example, to help a user identify the desired article in a list ...
Wikidata maintains its own texts which are not linked in any way with Wikipedia short descriptions (although Short description helper can display the Wikidata text to help editors construct a suitable description for Wikipedia). Wikipedia page Short descriptions and Wikidata item descriptions serve different purposes and are not required to be ...
Creates a short description for a Wikipedia page, which is displayed in search results and other locations. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Description 1 The short description of the article or 'none'. It should be limited to about 40 characters. Example Endangered species of South American fish Content required No ...
Short descriptions began use on the English Wikipedia back in 2018. According to the Short Descriptions WikiProject: Short descriptions appear in Wikipedia mobile and some desktop searches, and help users identify the desired article. When viewing an article, some mobile Wikipedia Apps also display the description below the page title.
If there is no local short description but there is a Wikidata description, the gadget will instead show that in pink, with an option to import it to Wikipedia (capitalising the first letter). By default, adding short descriptions to an article also adds the description to Wikidata if Wikidata has no description. This can be changed in the ...
P. Category talk:Pages using short description with unknown parameters; Category talk:Pages with empty short description; Category talk:Pages with long short description
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Short descriptions, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of short descriptions in articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.
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