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Line 168: :::The primary purpose of SDs is to indicate the general category that an articles falls into, which in our case only necessitates including "locomotive" somewhere in the SD. If there is room, the secondary purposes of SD include disambiguation, for which we normally include helpful information such as date, nationality, genre/medium (for artistic works), etc. :::The average reader they are just as likely to know what a "president" is versus a "4-6-0" locomotive wheel configuration is not a serious argument. While including field specific terms can be helpful in the SD, it should not come at the cost of the primary purpose or needlessly duplicate words that are already in the title. -- [[User:Patar knight\|Patar knight]] - <sup>[[User talk:Patar knight\|chat]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Patar knight\|contributions]]</sub> 22:03, 9 July 2024 (UTC) :::{{ping\|GhostInTheMachine}} Courtesy ping, since it is their short descriptions being discussed here. -- [[User:Patar knight\|Patar knight]] - <sup>[[User talk:Patar knight\|chat]]</sup>/<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Patar knight\|contributions]]</sub> 22:06, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

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