Template:Summarize/doc

This template is intended for articles which should be (but are not) summarized in another article (usually a 'parent' article; i.e. they are a subarticle of the 'parent'). That other article may omit that aspect of the topic entirely or only have it in a 'see also' section. They may also be given a section that consists only of main, without any actual summary being provided (i.e. just the link). Using this template raises awareness of the problem on both the specific and general level. Note that some material may not be summarized because authors feel that doing so would not improve the quality of the article, e.g. popular culture sections.

Usage notes
For an article which should have a summary of it added to another article, use the to (a.k.a. at, a.k.a. in) parameter and give the title of the other article if you know it:

produces:

For a section which should be a summary of another article, use y (or 1, yes, true), along with the from (a.k.a. of) parameter, and give the title of the other article if you know it:

produces:

An optional date parameter can be added, to date the notice. Add "|date=" to the template with the date of the template's application

produces:

An optional y parameter can be added, that will insert a request that the summary be. This can be used to request that regular editors of a major article summarize it (or a section of it, with y),, at another article that you specify:

produces:

This parameter is mutually exclusive of better.

This feature can also be used to flag an existing summary as too long:

produces

This usage (section-specific, and tagged for brevity), which is also provided by the shortcut template, will categorize the articles in Category:Articles containing overly long summaries, a hidden cleanup category; to suppress this categorization, use y.

An optional y parameter can be added, that will insert a request that the summary be. This can be used to request that regular editors of a major article summarize a subtopical article (especially after a WP:SPLIT better in the main article, per WP:SUMMARY style; this is usually used in a particular section, with the y parameter:

produces:

This parameter is mutually exclusive of brevity. As with the brevity parameter, this one can also be used with to, not just from:

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