FYI we're discussing this in T99561 as well.

Note that we really want to retain some of the parenthetical data, in
Hovercards. See T91344: Review exclude all approach to parenthetical elements in summary endpoint for details. (There is some agreement that
IPA/pronunciation can excluded, and possibly etymology (which is much
rarer), but other details that appear in brackets in the first few
sentences can be important. Especially when bracket-addicts like me, write
articles... ;)

This is another big reason why we need to consolidate the logic for this sort of thing. It'd be a nightmare to port all of these exceptions & such across all the platforms. I mentioned this in passing in T99561, but maybe having these snippets be editable is something we should consider more seriously? For example, use a curated snippet, or prompt the user to create one (with the text-extracted first sentence as a starting point)?

In T98067#1297845, @BGerstle-WMF wrote:

maybe having these snippets be editable is something we should consider more seriously? For example, use a curated snippet, or prompt the user to create one (with the text-extracted first sentence as a starting point)?

This proposal has had several reincarnations over time, notably Concise Wikipedia.

This bug needs a more clear description and title. What does scrubbing dates mean? Surely that means only scrubbing dates that are within parentheses, right? If so, it's redundant to mention dates as the title and description already mention scrubbing stuff in parentheses.