Editing Chabadpedia:Short description (section)

=== Format ===
{{anchor|Formatting|SDFORMAT|CB:SDLENGTH|SDSHORT}} {{shortcut|CB:SDFORMAT|CB:SDLENGTH|CB:SDSHORT|CB:SD40}}

Each short description should:
* be written in plain text {{ndash}} without [[HTML element|HTML tags]], [[Help:Wikitext|wiki markup]], typographic [[dingbat]]s, [[emoji]]s, or [[CSS]] display manipulation
* start with a capital letter<ref group=note>Other language Chabadpedias typically prefer lowercase; check this if you're planning on editing any of their short descriptions on Wikidata.</ref> 
* avoid starting with an [[Article (grammar)|article]] (''A'', ''An'', ''The'') except when required for correct grammar and meaning
* avoid using a final [[full stop]] (period)
* be '''short''' – no longer than is needed to fulfill [[#Purposes|its functions]] effectively
** More than 80% of short descriptions use fewer than 40 characters (including spaces).
** Fewer than 3% of short descriptions are longer than 60 characters, and short descriptions longer than 100 characters will be flagged for attention. 
** Short descriptions exceeding 40 characters may be truncated in some contexts.<ref group="note">Below search results and in suggested article boxes at the bottom of mobile view. See [[:Chabadpedia talk:Short description/Archive 12#Reasons why SDs over 40 characters are a problem|discussion]].</ref>
** Because they are intended to be scanned quickly, longer, more specific descriptions can be less useful.

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