| RexxS added a comment. |
In T193857#4183293, @JJMC89 wrote:In T193857#4183281, @Pbsouthwood wrote:I see that JJMC89 changed my task name. I would like to know why, as the new name does not make sense to me.
It was renamed because the magic word stores the short description in the database; it does not return anything.
In T193857#4183283, @RexxS wrote:The renaming is because JJMC89 is only considering the functionality of storing a value of prop=description. Perhaps he wasn't aware that the Wikipedia app actually returns the value as rendered text close to the top of the article displayed.
An API/app returns what is in the database.
If you want to be pedantic, the magic word doesn't actually do anything. There is code that reads the magic word's value and stores it in the database, just as there is code that reads the database and renders it. It's just as important to be able to see the complete flow of information from wikitext to database to rendered page as it is to see the compartmentalised view. That flow happens for the magic words, just as it does for any other piece of wikitext. As far as users are concerned, they won't worry about how the backend works.
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