Template:Short description/doc

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Template:Short description is used to add a short description (which can be edited from within Wikipedia) to a Wikipedia page. These descriptions appear in Wikipedia searches and elsewhere, and help users identify the desired article.

Usage

{{Short description|''Write your short description here''}}

This should be limited to about 40 characters, as explained at wp:WP:SDFORMAT, along with the other guidance at wp:WP:SDCONTENT.

Parameters

Creates a short description, for a Wikipedia article, which is used in the Visual Editor to provide context on wikilinks.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Description1

The short description of the article or 'none'.

Example
Chinese encyclopedia writer (1947–2001)
Contentrequired
No replace?2

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.

Example
noreplace
Auto value
noreplace
Stringoptional
pagetypepagetype

The type of page. This puts it in the appropriate category - Things with short description. Normally unneeded, since handled through namespace detection.

Example
Redirect, Disambiguation page
Stringoptional

About writing good short descriptions

This page is about the short description template; it does not provide guidelines for writing a good short description. If you plan to use this template, you should make sure you read and follow the detailed guidance at wp:WP:HOWTOSD. General information can be found at Wikipedia:Short description.

Template information

Eventually all articles should have a short description:

  • by directly using this template, in which case the short description will be unique to the article
  • transcluded in another template, such as a disambiguation template, where a generic short description is adequate for a large class of pages
  • where the short description is assembled from data in an infobox

Automatically generated descriptions within templates should set the second parameter as noreplace so they do not override any short descriptions specifically added to the transcluding article.

Short descriptions are not normally needed for non-article pages, such as redirects, but can be added if useful.

If the article title alone is sufficient to ensure reliable identification of the desired article, a null value of {{short description|none}} may be used.

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 purpose. Responsibility for such imports lies with the importer.

Testing

For testing purposes, the display of this template can be enabled by adding a line to your Special:MyPage/common.css:

  • .shortdescription { display:block !important; }

This can be easily removed or disabled when testing is finished.

If you want to always see short descriptions, you may prefer a more utilitarian layout, such as: 

.shortdescription {
  display:block !important;
  white-space: pre-wrap;
}
.shortdescription::before { 
  content: "\A[Short description:\0020";
}
.shortdescription::after { 
  content: "]\A";
}

Pagetype parameter

If {{{Pagetype}}} is not set, then this template adds the article to a category based on the namespace:

If {{{Pagetype}}} is set, then this template adds the article to a category matching the parameter. For example:

See also


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