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Motsaathebekhanyisile ( talk) 07:45, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
@ Johnjbarton: what is the reason for this deletion? Is there a way to keep the sources? Do you think they can be summarized better? 141.239.252.245 ( talk) 08:16, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
@ Banedon the short description for this article currently reads as
Hypothetical form of matter that interacts with gravity, ...
getting cut off. Remember, the short description doesn't need to have as much detail as a lead sentence and is mostly used to disambiguate. Most people see the SD in the search bar, where they've typed in something that is similarly-titled, not similarly-themed.
I believe "Hypothetical form of matter" would scan quickly, as guidelines suggest, and disambiguate well enough from the other articles that have "dark matter" in the name, which are mostly works of fiction. The closest that might cause confusion is Dark matter halo, which has SD "Theoretical cosmic structure". But since you are engaged on this topic I will leave it to your judgement. Wizmut ( talk) 04:16, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
I'm for "concept in cosmology" then. "Hypothetical invisible matter", as the current short description is right now, is still not accurate since dark matter is potentially visible, just not with electromagnetic waves. Banedon ( talk) 05:56, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
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Motsaathebekhanyisile ( talk) 07:45, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
@ Johnjbarton: what is the reason for this deletion? Is there a way to keep the sources? Do you think they can be summarized better? 141.239.252.245 ( talk) 08:16, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
@ Banedon the short description for this article currently reads as
Hypothetical form of matter that interacts with gravity, ...
getting cut off. Remember, the short description doesn't need to have as much detail as a lead sentence and is mostly used to disambiguate. Most people see the SD in the search bar, where they've typed in something that is similarly-titled, not similarly-themed.
I believe "Hypothetical form of matter" would scan quickly, as guidelines suggest, and disambiguate well enough from the other articles that have "dark matter" in the name, which are mostly works of fiction. The closest that might cause confusion is Dark matter halo, which has SD "Theoretical cosmic structure". But since you are engaged on this topic I will leave it to your judgement. Wizmut ( talk) 04:16, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
I'm for "concept in cosmology" then. "Hypothetical invisible matter", as the current short description is right now, is still not accurate since dark matter is potentially visible, just not with electromagnetic waves. Banedon ( talk) 05:56, 3 June 2024 (UTC)