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Line 156: :The first revision change is better due to [[WP:CONCISE]], and I would disagree with the idea that "South African Class 6B 4-6-0" is implicit of a steam locomotive design. What you're describing is a common problem for a lot of articles whose titles are on the edge of describing themselves and not. [[User:1ctinus\|<span style="background: maroon; padding: 3px; color: white;border-bottom:3px solid #400;">-1ctinus📝</span>]][[User talk:1ctinus\|<span style="background: #216; padding: 3px; color: white; border-bottom: 3px solid #103">🗨</span>]] 14:12, 7 July 2024 (UTC) :See [[WP:SDDUPLICATE]] and [[WP:SDLENGTH]]. We generally want short descriptions to be 40-characters or less if possible. So duplicate words such as "South African" in both and "4-6-0" in the first (which also seems to be jargon that is also discouraged) shouldn't be repeated in both. :If we look to [[WP:SDDATES]], it would probably be more helpful to identify the most relevant dates for each than the number of cards built, which seems more trivial and less definning. Something like "Steam locomotive class (1897-1973)" for the first and "Electro-disel locomotive class (1992-)" might be better with the necessary adjustments if the industry convention is to use only the build years, or the first run year. -- [[User:Patar knight\|Patar knight]] - <sup>[[User talk:Patar knight\|chat]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Patar knight\|contributions]]</sub> 14:42, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

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