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{{ping|IceWelder}} What is the point of [[Special:Diff/973324023|this edit]]? Why would this module be used on a wiki where Wikidata is unavailable, and why would it be a good idea to populate the "different" tracking category with every single use if that were the case? [[User:Pppery|* Pppery *]] [[User talk:Pppery|<sub style="color:#800000">it has begun...</sub>]] 16:37, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
:{{u|Pppery}}, there is no guarantee that Wikidata is always available, and when it is not, this template produces an error displayed in red and bold on every single article using shortdescs. I use a local MediaWiki instance for preparing some of the articles I write and export/import the pages I intend to rewrite, which is how I noticed the issue. There are no trade-offs to this change. I assumed that the "different" category was the default, based on how the template was previously set up. If this is incorrect, I would be fine with changing it to another (I'm yet to test whether it works with none at all). [[User:IceWelder|<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">IceWelder</span>]] [[[User talk:IceWelder|<span style="color: #424242;">✉</span>]]] 16:44, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
:: You shouldn't mass-import templates from other wikis without making sure they make sense on the wiki they end up on. Neither {{tl|short description}} nor [[Module:SDcat]] make any sense on any wiki that does not support Wikidata, therefore code to support such wikis is code bloat and does not belong. [[User:Pppery|* Pppery *]] [[User talk:Pppery|<sub style="color:#800000">it has begun...</sub>]] 16:51, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
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