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Editors should keep in mind that short descriptions are meant to distinguish an article from similarly named articles in search results, and not to define the subject. Each description should provide a brief overview of the topic, a short annotation, and a way to differentiate it from other similarly
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does not follow redirects, and if the link has to point to a redirect it may be appropriate to add a short description to the redirect page itself, as it would in this case normally be a redirect with possibilities. In other cases it may be more appropriate to change to a direct link, or use a piped
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In contrast, a Wikidata item description is designed to disambiguate Wikidata items with the same or similar labels and serves to characterise the Wikidata item, regardless of the content of any corresponding Knowledge (XXG) article (or indeed whether a Knowledge (XXG) article for the item exists at
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Ideally, each page should have its own purpose-written short description. It is the editor's responsibility to ensure the short description is appropriate, accurate and compliant with Knowledge (XXG)'s policies, particularly for biographies of living people and for medical articles. While the
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A short description is Knowledge (XXG)-specific and relates to an individual encyclopedia article here on the English Knowledge (XXG). It provides a brief indication of the field, an annotation, and a disambiguation in searches, not for any Wikidata item but for the encyclopedia article
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of a Knowledge (XXG) article or of another namespace page is a concise explanation of the scope of the page. These descriptions appear in Knowledge (XXG) mobile and some desktop searches, and help users identify the desired article. When viewing an article, some mobile
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Where a single short description (or rule for generating one) is suitable for multiple articles that all use the same template/infobox, the description can be transcluded from the template rather than being added one by one to each article. In that case
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is available to simplify the process, and ensures that the resultant description doesn't exceed the recommended length even if a page editor adds some unusually long text to an infobox. All templates that generate a default description should include a
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template can be used to automatically annotate a wikilink with a corresponding short description for the page. This may be useful where links to multiple pages are presented in the form of a list, for example in "See also" sections.
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Short descriptions are also used as annotations in lists of links, such as "See also" sections and Index list articles, where they provide some context for the link when a local annotation is not provided. The template
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in Preferences. On the desktop platform, short descriptions appear below article titles in search result lists only if you are using the Vector (2022) skin: in Preferences | Appearance, make sure the
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Wikidata item descriptions are not subject to Knowledge (XXG)'s policies or recommendations, and in practice are often too long and intricate for use as Knowledge (XXG) short descriptions (see
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because the template seems to be missing from the wikicode. Descriptions are sometimes set by another template (such as an Infobox) elsewhere in the article. For more information, see
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from some template such as an infobox. That can't be determined from the page code (at least without following through to the template code pages), hence the recommendation to enable
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Recommended date formats are given below, but these can be varied if there is contrary consensus on the talk page. In biographies, distinguish between dates defining a lifespan
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allows text to be imported from Wikidata, that should be done with caution as Wikidata descriptions do not follow Knowledge (XXG) policies, and are often inappropriate: see
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Short descriptions do not appear by default when viewing an article in desktop view, but logged-in users who wish to see and edit them can do so easily by enabling the
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use universally accepted facts that will not be subject to rapid change, avoiding anything that could be understood as controversial, judgemental, or promotional
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Template talk:Short description/Archive 1 § Some history and explanation of this template for those without the time or inclination to read the full discussion
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By default, short descriptions are not displayed when viewing an article in desktop view. To make them visible on the page and to enable easy editing, enable
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Fewer than 3% of short descriptions are longer than 60 characters, and short descriptions longer than 100 characters will be flagged for attention.
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When visible on desktop or mobile, the short description immediately follows the article title, and should be comprehensible in that location.
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Other language Wikipedias typically prefer lowercase; check this if you're planning on editing any of their short descriptions on Wikidata.
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alias. The template should not be used for annotating links on disambiguation pages, for the reasons stated in the template documentation.
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avoid time-specific adjectives like "former", "retired", "late", "defunct", "closed", "current", "new", "recent", "planned", "future", etc.
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Dates or date ranges are encouraged when they enhance the short description as an annotation or improve disambiguation. As long as the
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avoid duplicating information that is already in the title (but don't worry too much if you need to repeat a word or two for context)
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A good way to draft a short description is to consider the words that would naturally follow if you started a sentence like this:
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You can then use those additional words as the short description. So for example if you wanted to write a short description for
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avoid jargon, and use simple, readily comprehensible terms that do not require pre-existing detailed knowledge of the subject
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parameter so that the result can be overridden by a manually inserted instance that appears at the top of the wikicode (see
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These descriptions appear in Knowledge (XXG) mobile and some desktop searches, and help users identify the desired article.
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a disambiguation in searches, especially to distinguish the subject from similarly titled subjects in different fields
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For an organism: " of " (Examples: "Species of moth", "Group of flowering plants", "Extinct group of molluscs")
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All mainspace articles should have a short description (including those that are intentionally blank; see
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Miscellaneous: "Type of ", "Concept in " (Examples: "Type of steam locomotive", "Concept in statistics")
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Here are some examples, though they can all be varied if the context allows something better. See also
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Because they are intended to be scanned quickly, longer, more specific descriptions can be less useful.
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as an indicator that the topic described may be a valid article topic (Redirects with possibilities).
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For a location: " in " (Examples: "City in Florida, United States", "University in Oxford, England")
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The short description is part of the article content, and is subject to the normal rules on content
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Where a date is not known exactly, "c. " may be used for "circa". Other examples are given at
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start with the most important information (mobile applications may truncate long descriptions)
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Most redirects do not require a short description. Occasionally it may be useful to add one:
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the exception of articles for which the title is sufficient to fully describe the article
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If you are editing manually on desktop and do not have the gadget loaded, do not add a
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Below search results and in suggested article boxes at the bottom of mobile view. See
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More than 80% of short descriptions use fewer than 40 characters (including spaces).
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serve different purposes, and their respective wordings are very often different:
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The easiest way to create and edit short descriptions on the desktop is to use the
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there does not necessarily mean that a short description is missing, as it may be
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should also be added to the documentation page so that the template gets added to
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Such transclusions are normally done after local consensus by template editors.
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The short description may appear directly in the wikicode for the page, via the
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Village pump (technical) § Discussion at ANI about Wikidata use in mobile view
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For a person: " " (Examples: "American singer/songwriter", "Cuban ice skater")
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developers primarily as a search disambiguator, using item descriptions from
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All articles should have a short description (and therefore should belong to
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Short descriptions exceeding 40 characters may be truncated in some contexts.
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The magic word approach has been superseded by the Knowledge (XXG) template
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template in the source editor. Short descriptions cannot be added with the
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if placed in the standard position at the top of the page. For such pages
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If you are editing manually, do not start the template with a space —
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and should not generally be the same as that of the article itself.
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on soft redirects where an annotation would make the page clearer
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In the mobile app, descriptions appear below the article title.
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Do not include family name or other technical taxonomic terms.
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As mentioned above, please don't add a new short description
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avoid subjective adjectives like "small", "famous", "popular"
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Publication: " by " (Examples: "1983 novel by John Irving")
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In a list of suggested articles using the Vector (2022) skin
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a very brief indication of the field covered by the article
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Category:Short description with empty Wikidata description
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Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
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Short descriptions were initially implemented in 2017 by
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short description by opening it for source editing (not
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Date inclusion recommendations, by article subject type
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Why not simply re-use Wikidata's item descriptions?
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Knowledge (XXG):SDFORMAT
Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Short descriptions
information page
encyclopedic article
Knowledge (XXG)'s policies or guidelines
consensus
vetting
Shortcuts
WP:SDESC
WP:SHORTDES
WP:SHORTDESC
the exception of articles for which the title is sufficient to fully describe the article
specific format
Screenshot showing a Knowledge (XXG) page in the mobile app, with the short description appearing immediately under the main title
Knowledge (XXG) apps
Shortdesc helper
Preferences "gadgets"
Shortcut
WP:SDPURPOSE
Screenshot showing how short descriptions appear
Screenshot showing how short descriptions appear
Screenshot showing how short descriptions appear
Annotated link
below
Short description
transcluded
template such as an infobox
Shortcuts
WP:SDCONTENT
WP:HOWTOSD

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