| RexxS added a comment. |
If {{SHORTDESC}} appears more than once on an article's page, then the text in the final instance takes precedence.
Since the output on Wikipedia app (and previously on mobile view) appears at the top of the article, immediately after the title, it would seem natural to fix any errors by editing something also at the top of the article.
However, if there is another instance of the magic work lurking somewhere else on the page as well (perhaps buried inside a template), then an editor trying to fix a problem will be perplexed when their edit to the first instance has no effect.
Peter is asking whether it would be possible for the first (i.e. nearest the top) instance of the magic word could override any later instances, in order to avoid the issue I describe.
Cc: RexxS, JJMC89, Scoopfinder, Aklapper, Reedy, Magioladitis, Liuxinyu970226, Pbsouthwood, Lahi, Gq86, GoranSMilovanovic, QZanden, LawExplorer, Wikidata-bugs, aude, Mbch331
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