External Authentication - create a short description

Created on 16 May 2023, over 1 year ago

Create a short description (200 characters or less) that will be easily understood by the Project Browser target audience of site builders and those new to Drupal. The short description should answer the question - "what does this module do in a non-technical way".

MAINTAINERS: the short description should be added to the Summary field of the Description on the project page. The short description will be displayed on the cards in the Project Browser grid and list views.

Proposed resolution

📌 Task
Status

Needs work

Version

1.0

Component

Contrib changes

Created by

🇺🇸United States chrisfromredfin Portland, Maine

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  • Issue created by @chrisfromredfin
  • Status changed to Needs review over 1 year ago
  • 🇺🇸United States volkswagenchick San Francisco Bay Area

    I suggest a few little changes

    The ExternalAuth module provides a generic service for logging in, registering authenticated users against an external site or service, and storing the authentication details.

    (176 character count)

  • 🇮🇪Ireland lostcarpark

    #3 looks good to me, but there's no need for the module name in the short description, so I would tweak to:

    Provides a generic service for logging in, registering authenticated users against an external site or service, and storing the authentication details.

  • Status changed to RTBC about 1 year ago
  • 🇺🇸United States volkswagenchick San Francisco Bay Area

    I agree about excluding the module name, adding new description to IS.
    Moving to RTBC.

  • Status changed to Fixed about 2 months ago
  • 🇺🇸United States leslieg

    Assigned credit and marked as fixed.

  • 🇧🇪Belgium svendecabooter Gent

    Thanks for the help in creating a short description for the module.

    Would it be OK if I still adapt the description, if it's within the 200 character count limit?
    I'd adapt it to be more in sync with the text that is already on the module page:

    Provides a generic service for logging in and registering users that are authenticated against an external site or service and storing the authentication details.

    This because "registering authenticated users against an external site or service" does not sound to me like what the module is actually doing. It is not connecting to external services and registering there. It is helping modules that connect with external systems - where users got registered - to register an accompanying / connected Drupal user account.

    So the proposed description feels like it would create more confusion about the actual purpose of the module.
    Maybe it's because I'm not a native English speaker and interpret it a bit differently...

  • Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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