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“Because he's the hero Bill's talk page deserves, but not the one it needs right now. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.” |
“Because he's the hero Bill's talk page deserves, but not the one it needs right now. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.” |
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== Solar power reassessment == |
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[[Solar power]] has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the [[Talk:Solar power/GA2|reassessment page]]. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. [[User:Chidgk1|Chidgk1]] ([[User talk:Chidgk1|talk]]) 17:19, 25 August 2021 (UTC) |
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== The point to "short descriptions" == |
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To quote the start of [[Wikipedia:Short description]]: |
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:The short description of a Wikipedia article or of another namespace page is a concise explanation of the scope of the page. These descriptions appear in Wikipedia mobile and some desktop searches, and help users identify the desired article. When viewing an article, some mobile Wikipedia Apps also display the description below the page title. |
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and: |
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:Short descriptions serve several purposes: a very brief indication of the field covered by the article; a short descriptive annotation; and a disambiguation in searches, especially to distinguish the subject from similarly titled subjects in different fields. |
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They're limited to 40 characters because they need to fit on a single line in a list of search results on small mobile devices. |
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If you don't want to see them when looking at the desktop article, you can avoid them easily by disabling the [[Wikipedia:Shortdesc helper|Shortdesc helper]] in your [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets|Preferences "gadgets"]]. --[[User:R. S. Shaw|R. S. Shaw]] ([[User talk:R. S. Shaw|talk]]) 06:33, 8 September 2021 (UTC) |
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: Are we going to start mutiliating article titles to keep them in this arbitrary 40 character limit? --[[User:Wtshymanski|Wtshymanski]] ([[User talk:Wtshymanski#top|talk]]) 01:56, 10 September 2021 (UTC) |
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“Because he's the hero Bill's talk page deserves, but not the one it needs right now. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.”