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==Purpose==<br />
Adds standardized [[WP:Short description]] metadata to the portal.<br />
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==Usage==<br />
{{tlx|Portal description}}<br />
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===Output===<br />
;Code this will output{{colon}}<br />
:<code><nowiki>{{Short description|Wikipedia portal for content related to {{PAGENAME}}}}</nowiki></code><br />
;Resulting description{{colon}}<br />
:Wikipedia's portal for exploring content related to {{var|Portal title}}<br />
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===Parameter===<br />
The parameter {{para|topic}} or {{para|1}} can be used to override the default topic display, which is the base pagename. This is primarily to disambiguate or clarity; while our portal names are as [[WP:CONCISE|concise]] as we can make them while still being recognizable, this is not always ideal, descriptively.<br />
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;Example{{colon}}<br />
:[[Portal:English]] would get a default description of "Wikipedia portal for content related to English", which might be confusing to some readers (English culture and people? English history?).<br />
;Code{{colon}}<br />
:{{tlx|Portal description|the English language}}<br />{{in5}}or<br />{{tlx|Portal description|topic=the English language}}<br />
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{{strong|Do not}} add a separate {{tlx|Short description}} template to the portal in attempt to override the default output of this template; use this template's parameter instead, or the page will have two conflicting short descriptions. If a different style of short description is necessary, ''replace'' {{tlx|Portal description}} with {{tlx|Short description}}, in which the full short description is required as the parameter.<br />
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==Viewing short descriptions==<br />
To temporarily or permanently turn on inline display of short description content on Wikipedia pages, see [[Template:Short description/doc#Testing]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Short description]]<br />
* [[Template:Short description]]<br />
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