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,