"****Indeed, the point is to answer a reader's question, and often all the reader needs is a very brief, very simple ""dictionary definition"".  And, as I say, it is very easy indeed to find such (highly incomplete) ""dictionary definitions"" on dab pages for common words, which means that this is actually the established practice of the community.  What this page needs is to follow the example given right in the guideline: 
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 A school is an institution for learning. 

 School may also refer to: 
 * School of thought, a number of individuals with shared styles, approaches or aims 
 * School (fish), a group of fish swimming in the same direction in a coordinated manner 
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 ::::...only saying ""A debut is the first public appearance of a person or thing"" instead of ""A school is an institution of learning"".  I agree that things like etymology do not belong on this page.     
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