Editing Chabadpedia:Short description (section)

=== Examples ===
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A good way to draft a short description is to consider the words that would naturally follow if you started a sentence like this: 

* "'''[Article subject] is/was a/an/the ... '''".

You can then use those additional words as the short description. So for example if you wanted to write a short description for [[Stève Nzigamasabo]], your sentence would be "Stève Nzigamasabo is a ''Burundian footballer''"; and ''Burundian footballer'' becomes your short description.

Here are some more examples, though they can all be varied if the context allows something better. Remember to ensure that your description is short ([[#Formatting of dates|§ Formatting]]).  See also [[#Inclusion of dates|§ Inclusion of dates]]. 
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Type
!Notes
!Example article title
!Suggested short description
|-
|Titles that are globally self-explanatory
|The entirety of the title is reasonably clear to English-speaking readers worldwide.
|[[Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill]]
|[[#"none"_as_a_short_description|none]]
|-
| rowspan="4" |Locations
|Most locations: "[type of location] in [town/area/region], [country]"
|[[Yiwu]]
|City in Zhejiang, China
|-
| rowspan="3" |Indicate the country in the short description, if not explicitly stated in the title. It is reasonable to expect that most country names are known worldwide, although it may be beneficial to explain the names of smaller countries. If space permits, it can be useful to include the local region, for example province, state or municipal area (those cannot be assumed to be known globally).
|[[Geology of Dorset]]
|Geology of English county
|-
|[[Geology of Massachusetts]]
|Geology of American state
|-
|[[Geology of India]]
|[[#"none"_as_a_short_description|none]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |Person
|Most persons: "[country adjective] [what the person is known for]"
|[[Tobi Amusan]]
|Nigerian sprinter and hurdler
|-
|Explain what the person is best known for. Even very famous American celebrities may not be well known to all English speakers: a proper short description helps readers of different cultures as well as those who fall outside the person's usual fan demographic.
|[[Burt Reynolds filmography]]
|Performances by American actor
|-
|Publication
|Most publications: "[year] [type of publication] by [author]"
|''[[The Color Purple]]''
|1982 novel by Alice Walker
|-
|Media
|Do not assume that the titles of popular media are known globally.
|[[List of Star Trek: Voyager episodes|List of ''Star Trek: Voyager'' episodes]]
|Episodes of American TV show
|-
| rowspan="2" |History of ...
| rowspan="2" |Use "none" only where the entire title would be understood worldwide. Explain words that may not be understood globally.
|[[History of Jiangxi]]
|History of Chinese province
|-
|[[History of film]]
|[[#"none"_as_a_short_description|none]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |List of ...
| rowspan="2" |Use "none" only where the entire title would be understood worldwide. Explain words that may not be understood globally. To keep it short, there is no need to repeat "List of".
|[[List of catgirls and catboys]]
|Human characters with feline traits
|-
|[[List of animal sounds]]
|[[#"none"_as_a_short_description|none]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |Flag of ...
| rowspan="2" |If the country is stated in the title and well-known globally, "none" may be enough. Otherwise, the short description should, at the very least, specify the country.
|[[Flag of Norway]]
|[[#"none"_as_a_short_description|none]]
|-
|[[Flag of Mississippi]]
|US state flag
|-
| rowspan="2" |Elections
| rowspan="2" |"none" is all that is needed for a national/general election, as long as the country is clear from the title and well-known globally. For local elections, indicate the country and, if space is available, the level.
|[[2022 Brazilian general election]]
|[[#"none"_as_a_short_description|none]]
|-
|[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
|State election in India
|-
|Sport
|Make sure the sport is stated, as well as the country if appropriate. Abbreviations should not be assumed to be understood globally.
|[[2022–23 NBA season]]
|North American basketball league season
|-
|Organisms
|Most organisms: "[type of organism] of [common name or description]"<br>Do not include family name or taxonomic terms other than species, genus or group.
|[[Rose]]
|Genus of flowering plants
|-
| rowspan="2" |Miscellaneous
|"Type of [noun]"
|[[Pennsylvania Railroad class H8]]
|Type of steam locomotive
|-
|General: "Concept in [academic field]"<br>Try to be more specific than "Concept" unless that is impossible due to the complexity of the subject. However, "Concept" is better than an excessively long description that, contrary to [[Chabadpedia:SDNOTDEF|SDNOTDEF]], attempts to define the topic.
|[[Independent and identically distributed random variables]]
|Concept in probability and statistics
|}
In all cases, provide what information you reasonably can, remembering that your description [[Chabadpedia:SDSHORT|is expected to be short]] and that you are [[Chabadpedia:SDNOTDEF|not aiming to write a definition]].

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