Thread:S'pht/@comment-1264592-20140312170033/@comment-1264592-20140312220324

You know what's funny? This example has nothing to do with what I wrote after it (it was an explanation for someone else who also was having trouble with trimming). It should have said:

"Here's an example. In your edit the character is seen getting dressed for the robbery, and that's about it. But with a bit of creative trimming you can still cram in some text about the casket, the eyeballs, the 'apples' (which are important in Fallen London lore) and even a small bit about you getting the loot. Same thing with the fail description (and again, the 'Tree of Ages' reference will turn out to be very important)".

Sorry, my brain got jammed :( At any rate, you don't need to change your edits, you only trimmed the page in the example and Chase after them, and I've retrimmed both.

The problem isn't just in using … instead of […], but with trimming sharply after the first or second sentence. We really want to have the trimmed articles carry the gist of the original story, which is why it's a task for the editors, otherwise we could have made a bot cut all of the articles (which would have been a real shame and a lot would have been lost). If you're worried about exceeding the 250 limit you can always click the "Preview" button when editing a template - if it shows a "char count" you'll know by how many letters you're over the limit.

Thank you for contributing!