Template:Short description

A close functional match to Wikipedia's Short description template, for articles imported or adapted from Wikipedia that already use it. It does two things:

Sets the page's short description via , MediaWiki core's

 built-in magic word for this (not an extension) -- consumed by anything that reads the
 shortdesc page property (search result snippets, some skins' subtitle areas,
 the API). Caveat: this magic word's exact display behavior wasn't verified live —
 it does not print anything inline in the article body on its own, by design, matching
 Wikipedia's own short descriptions (invisible on desktop, used elsewhere).

Also stores it as a queryable SMW property (Has short description), so --

 unlike on Wikipedia -- this wiki can actually surface it: e.g. in search result listings
 via The query description has an empty condition., or a skin could show it as an infobox subtitle. This part is
 CartoonWiki-specific, added because a purely invisible value felt like a wasted import
 on a wiki that already has SMW doing real work elsewhere (see Toons Mag integration
 and the citation/cross-reference templates for the same pattern).

Usage

{{Short description|American animator and illustrator}}

Place at the very top of the article, same as on Wikipedia. No second parameter (Wikipedia's |noreplace) is implemented -- with only one source of short descriptions on this wiki (no Wikidata fallback to defer to), there's nothing for it to not-replace.

Sets a one-line short description for the article, matching Wikipedia's Short description template.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Short description	`1`	A brief, one-line description of the article's subject.	Line	required