"I've just returned to Freebase after a few months absence. I've got to say that I think the..."
Editing a Topic Description
Descriptions are articles that can be edited by the Freebase community. Some topics have been seeded with the first paragraph or two of a Wikipedia article, but these can be replaced and a new description can be written to take its place.
To edit a description simply click the 'edit' or 'replace' link that appears below it. The text you input here will be saved if you click 'save' and will be ignored if you click 'cancel'.
WYSIWYG editing of rich text isn't supported at this time in the standard topic view in order to encourage topic editors to focus on writing brief descriptions suitable for viewing as a search result. The only formatting supported is the carriage return. More extensive information should be captured in property values, not in descriptive text.Recent Discussions about Editing a Topic Description
Wot? No formatting of Descriptions?
"Generally the idea is not to encourage writing long articles with complex formatting since most of..."
"Thanks for the response, Dan, and I'm glad to hear that you will consider re-enabling formatting if..."
Should the Wikipedia link (also) appear outside the description?
"Agree completely. We hope to add a discrete link to a Wikipedia article when we have a Wikipedia ID..."
Why no links in description from Wikipedia?
"We import the Wikipedia articles to seed Freebase with topics. We're not trying to replicate..."
