Template:Short description

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Usage

This template is used to define a short description for the current page. The description is typically:

brief – usually fewer than 40 characters;
neutral and descriptive;
supplementary to the article title, not simply a repeat of it.

Short descriptions are mainly consumed by tools and skins (for example, mobile views and search interfaces) and are not always shown in the normal desktop view.

Basic usage

To add a short description to a page:

{{Short description|Encyclopedia of free educational textbooks}}

This stores the description Encyclopedia of free educational textbooks for the current page.

Preventing replacement

If a description is already supplied (for example, from a higher level template) and you want to make sure that a local call does not overwrite it, use the noreplace parameter:

{{Short description|Free-content textbook project|noreplace=yes}}

In this case, if a short description has already been set elsewhere on the page, this call will be ignored.

Specifying a page type

You may optionally supply a page type. This can be helpful for tools that group or filter pages:

{{Short description|Open-content textbook collection|pagetype=project}}

or

{{Short description|Polynomial invariant measuring multiple roots|pagetype=mathematics}}

Notes

The short description should normally be in sentence case, without a final period:

 
Correct: Online free-content textbook collection  
 Avoid: online FREE-CONTENT TEXTBOOK COLLECTION.

Avoid adding links, HTML tags or wikicode. The value is intended to be plain text.
Do not add maintenance notes, talk-page comments or other discussion content to the short description.