Top of editors view of article page to be unified (merge local and central short description) (Community Wishlist/W233)

Description

My understanding of the current items at the top of a page (as an editor) is that if I deal with various preferences - I can have four lines/items:

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Wikidata: Nicolas Freeling (Q779972), English novelist (1927-2003)

Alias: Nicolas Davidson

British novelist (1927–2003)

It appears that the top page description, the wikidata link, and the short description are separate entities, may help the possibility of unification/rationalisation/combination - I might have missed phabricator conversations explanations, about the top of the page. It can be very difficult to explain to new users the preference tweaking of the four areas to coordinate them to get a good overview.

Assigned focus area

Unassigned

Type of wish

System change

Tags

Bots and gadgets, Editing, Wikidata

Affected users

wikipedia editors

Other details

Created: 12:30, 8 August 2024
Last updated: 11:07, 21 November 2025
Author: JarrahTree (talk)

Voting

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Supporters of this wish

Support I support for a default option but without the first line, as not everyone understands it. Henrydat (talk) 15:21, 30 December 2025