Hi all! I would like to share a simple editing technique that's in use on the Spanish Wikipedia and I think should be in use on other Wikipedias and Wikimedia projects.
It's basically a template <https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantilla:Extracto> that transcludes the lead section (or any section) of a page into another page. So for example, the Spanish article on Science <https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciencia> transcludes the lead section of the more specific articles on the scientific method, the history of science, scientific laws, etc. Check it out! <https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciencia?action=edit> Currently there're 380 articles using excerpts <https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor%C3%ADa:Wikipedia:Art%C3%ADculos_con_extractos> and counting, on topics as diverse as science, philosophy, architecture, history, countries, sports and TV shows. Using excerpts could save tremendous amount of work, avoid inconsistencies, funnel collaboration, and other benefits. I created an English version of the template <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Excerpt> but I never got to use it. There's also some English documentation on the technique <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cascading_content>, for anyone interested. Kind regards, _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
