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Template:Short description is used to add a short description (which can be edited from within Bharatpedia) to a Bharatpedia page. These descriptions appear in Bharatpedia searches and elsewhere, and help users identify the desired article.
The short description of the article or 'none'. It should be limited to about 40 characters.
Example
Chinese encyclopedia writer (1947–2001)
Content
required
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.
Suggested values
noreplace
Auto value
noreplace
String
optional
pagetype
pagetype
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
String
optional
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 BP:HOWTOSD. General information can be found at Bharatpedia: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 Bharatdata description for an item and they do not have to be the same, but some overlap is expected in many cases. Some Bharatdata 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. Template:Crossref
Example
At Oxygen therapy, add the following at the very top of the article, above everything else:
{{Short description|Use of oxygen as medical treatment}}
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:
Other templates and gadgets attempt to extract short descriptions from pages by explicitly searching for the transclusions of the {{Short description}} template.
For example, {{Annotated link}} searches for the template in its uppercase "Short description" and lowercase form "short description".
Do not start the template with a space: {{ Short description.... While this does create a valid short description, the space will prevent searches for the {{Short description... text.
