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Short descriptions do not necessarily serve the same function as the Wikidata description for an item and they do not have to be the same, but some overlap is expected in many cases. Some Wikidata descriptions may be unsuitable, and if imported must be checked for relevance, accuracy and fitness for
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Should be unused or 'noreplace'. Templates with noreplace will not replace a short description defined by an earlier template. Mainly for use within transcluded templates.
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The type of page. This puts it in the appropriate category - Things with short description. Normally unneeded, since handled through namespace detection.
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transcluded in another template, such as a disambiguation template, where a generic short description is adequate for a large class of pages
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Other templates and gadgets attempt to extract short descriptions from pages by explicitly searching for the transclusions of the
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searches for the template in its uppercase "Short description" and lowercase form "short description"; either form is acceptable.
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underwater diving where the diver breathes from apparatus (scuba) which is completely independent of surface supply
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If the article title alone is sufficient to ensure reliable identification of the desired article, a null value of
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Short descriptions are not normally needed for non-article pages, such as redirects, but can be added if useful.
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Creates a short description for a Knowledge (XXG) page, which is displayed in search results and other locations.
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by directly using this template, in which case the short description will be unique to the article
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so they do not override any short descriptions specifically added to the transcluding article.
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set, then this template adds the article to a category matching the parameter. For example:
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The short description of the article or 'none'. It should be limited to about 40 characters.
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For testing purposes, the display of this template can be enabled by adding a line to your
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To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's
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Automatically generated descriptions within templates should set the second parameter as
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set, then this template adds the article to a category based on the namespace:
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Underwater diving where breathing is from equipment independent of the surface
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see short descriptions, you may prefer a more utilitarian layout, such as:
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approximately 6,130,000 pages, or roughly 10% of all pages
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This can be easily removed or disabled when testing is finished.
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purpose. Responsibility for such imports lies with the importer.
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where the short description is assembled from data in an infobox
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This should be limited to about 40 characters, as explained at
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Category:Pages using short description with unknown parameters
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Category:Short description with empty Wikidata description
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Eventually all articles should have a short description:
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If the page's title is sufficiently descriptive that a
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Please do not use redirects/shortcuts for this template
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There is a test version of this template available as
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Category:Short description is different from Wikidata
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Category:Templates that generate short descriptions
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Knowledge (XXG):Short description
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Oxygen therapy
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