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Note that some material may not be summarized because authors feel that doing so would not improve the quality of the article, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Popular_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Popular culture">popular culture</a> sections. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Summarize/doc&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For an article which should have a summary of it added to another article, use the <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|to</code> (a.k.a. <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|at</code>, a.k.a. <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|in</code>) parameter and give the title of the other article if you know it: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r996643573">.mw-parser-output .block-indent{padding-left:3em;padding-right:0;overflow:hidden}</style><div class="block-indent"><code>{{<a class="mw-selflink selflink">summarize</a>|to|Barack Obama}}</code></div> <p>produces: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Summarize plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article should be summarized in <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and a link provided from there to here using the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Main" title="Template:Main">Main</a>}}</code> template.<span class="hide-when-compact"> See guidance in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Wikipedia:Summary style</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>For a section which should be a summary of another article, use <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|section=y</code> (or <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|section=1</code>, <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|section=yes</code>, <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|section=true</code>), along with the <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|from=</code> (a.k.a. <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|of</code>) parameter, and give the title of the other article if you know it: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent"><code>{{<a class="mw-selflink selflink">summarize</a>|from|Barack Obama|section=y}}</code></div> <p>produces: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Summarize plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span"><b>This section should include a summary of <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>.</b><span class="hide-when-compact"> See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Wikipedia:Summary style</a> for information on how to incorporate it into this article's main text.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>An optional <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|date=</code> parameter can be added, to date the notice. Add "|date=" to the template with the date of the template's application </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent"><code>{{<a class="mw-selflink selflink">summarize</a>|to|Barack Obama|date=November 2024}}</code></div> <p>produces: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Summarize plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article should be summarized in <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and a link provided from there to here using the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Main" title="Template:Main">Main</a>}}</code> template.<span class="hide-when-compact"> See guidance in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Wikipedia:Summary style</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>An optional <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|brevity=y</code> parameter can be added, that will insert a request that the summary be <strong>brief</strong>. This can be used to request that regular editors of a major article summarize it (or a section of it, with <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|section=y</code>), <strong>in brief</strong>, at another article that you specify: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent"><code>{{<a class="mw-selflink selflink">summarize</a>|to|Barack Obama|brevity=y}}</code></div> <p>produces: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Summarize plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article should be <strong>briefly</strong> summarized in <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> and a link provided from there to here using the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Main" title="Template:Main">Main</a>}}</code> template.<span class="hide-when-compact"> See guidance in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Wikipedia:Summary style</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This parameter is mutually exclusive of <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|better=</code>. </p><p>This feature can also be used to flag an existing summary as too long: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent"><code>{{<a class="mw-selflink selflink">summarize</a>|from|Barack Obama|section=y|brevity=y}}</code></div> <p>produces </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Summarize plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span"><b>This section should include only a <strong>brief</strong> summary of <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>.</b><span class="hide-when-compact"> See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Wikipedia:Summary style</a> for information on how to properly incorporate it into this article's main text.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This usage (section-specific, and tagged for brevity), which is also provided by the shortcut template <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Summary_too_long" title="Template:Summary too long">Summary too long</a>}}</code>, will categorize the articles in <a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_overly_long_summaries" title="Category:Articles containing overly long summaries">Category:Articles containing overly long summaries</a>, a hidden cleanup category; to suppress this categorization, use <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|nocat=y</code>. </p><p>An optional <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|better=y</code> parameter can be added, that will insert a request that the summary be <strong>more complete</strong>. This can be used to request that regular editors of a major article summarize a subtopical article (especially after a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SPLIT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SPLIT">WP:SPLIT</a> better in the main article, per <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SUMMARY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SUMMARY">WP:SUMMARY</a> style; this is usually used in a particular section, with the <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|section=y</code> parameter: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent"><code>{{<a class="mw-selflink selflink">summarize</a>|from|Barack Obama|better=y|section=y}}</code></div> <p>produces: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Summarize plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span"><b>This section should include a better summary of <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>.</b><span class="hide-when-compact"> See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Wikipedia:Summary style</a> for information on how to properly incorporate it into this article's main text.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This parameter is mutually exclusive of <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|brevity=</code>. As with the brevity parameter, this one can also be used with <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|to=</code>, not just <code class="tpl-para" style="word-break:break-word;">|from=</code>: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r996643573"><div class="block-indent"><code>{{<a class="mw-selflink selflink">summarize</a>|to|List of presidents of the United States#Barack Obama|better=y}}</code></div> <p>produces: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Summarize plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, 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