#####Background
On the iOS app, [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Short_description | short descriptions ]] for articles are displayed below the title. When a user is reading an article and there is no article description yet added, a prompt is displayed to add one. We've heard feedback on wiki and on phabricator with suggestions on changes that could be made to improve the quality of short descriptions being added to English Wikipedia.
The current flow looks like this:
| {F58309660} | {F58309655} | {F58309656} | {F58309658} | {F58309657} | {F58309659}
| Article without a short description has call to action for editors with 50+ edits | Onboarding 1 | Onboarding 2 | Editing the short description | "Learn more" leads to [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Short_description | Wikipedia: Short description ]] | Exceeding 90 characters shows warning
#####Updates to discuss
- Change character counter to motivate users to stay under 50 characters
- Prohibit publishing of descriptions over 100 characters (Currently a yellow warning label pops up if it goes over 90 characters, but it still allows you to publish)
- Rename from "article description" to "short description" in all locations
- Limiting the audience for short description prompts
- Ensure prompts for character limits are accessible to VoiceOver users