"As a Reader, I want to read the most appropriate article short description in the search results for the REST API search endpoints, so that I can make an informed decision about the results."
The endpoints for the full-text (/search/page) and title search (/search/title) for the MediaWiki REST API return the description for articles in the output.
On English Wikipedia, these should return the local description page property. For other wikis, it should return the Wikidata description.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved | None | T192838 Magic word on English WP [tracking] | |||
| Open | None | T257588 Improve the integration of description and label fields with other Wikimedia projects | |||
| Resolved | None | T248457 Fully terminate use of Wikidata item descriptions as short article descriptions for English Wikipedia articles | |||
| Resolved | Dbrant | T256817 [EPIC] Replace Wikidata descriptions on enwiki with local descriptions | |||
| Open | None | T259617 Article description editing API | |||
| Resolved | • eprodromou | T263493 Reader gets appropriate article short description in search results |
Change 627545 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ppchelko; owner: Ppchelko):
[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] Add option to force only local short descriptions
Change 627545 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] Add option to force only local short descriptions
Change 631775 had a related patch set uploaded (by Ppchelko; owner: Ppchelko):
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Force local short descriptions for enwiki
Change 631775 merged by jenkins-bot:
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Force local short descriptions for enwiki
Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2020-10-06T18:23:38Z] <ppchelko@deploy1001> Synchronized wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php: IS.php gerrit:631775 T263493 T259622 (duration: 00m 59s)
Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2020-10-06T18:24:59Z] <ppchelko@deploy1001> Synchronized wmf-config/Wikibase.php: Wikibase.php gerrit:631775 T263493 T259622 (duration: 00m 58s)
When I hit https://api.wikimedia.org/core/v1/wikipedia/en/search/page?q=pizza , I see the description "Italian dish of oven-baked bread with various toppings" from Wikidata, and not "Usually savory dish of flattened bread and toppings" from the {{short description}} in the Pizza page source.
Has this just not hit production yet?
FWIW -- a quick heads-up at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical) is often a good idea.