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+package org.openrefine.wikidata.qa.scrutinizers;
+
+import org.openrefine.wikidata.qa.QAWarning;
+import org.openrefine.wikidata.updates.ItemUpdate;
+import org.wikidata.wdtk.datamodel.interfaces.MonolingualTextValue;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * A scrutinizer that checks the description of an item.
+ *
+ * The checks work well for English.
+ * It's impossible to cover all languages,
+ * but since most edited information is in English,
+ * merely focusing on English here should be enough.
+ *
+ * To be more specific, it does the following checks:
+ * 1. is a description is too long
+ * 2. does a description end by punctuation signs
+ * 3. does a description begin with a uppercase letter
+ * 4. does a description begins with article ("a", "an" or "the")
+ * 5. is the description identical with corresponding label
+ *
+ * @author Lu Liu
+ */
+public class DescriptionScrutinizer extends EditScrutinizer {
+
+    public static final String descTooLongType = "item-description-too-long";
+    public static final String descEndsByPunctuationSign = "item-description-end-by-punctuation-sign";
+    public static final String descBeginWithUppercase = "item-description-begin-with-uppercase";
+    public static final String descBeginWithArticle = "item-description-begin-with-article";
+    public static final String descIdenticalWithLabel = "item-description-identical-with-label";
+
+    private static final int descLengthThreshold = 250;
+
+    private static final String punctuationSigns = ".!?,'\"";
+
+    @Override
+    public void scrutinize(ItemUpdate update) {
+        Set<MonolingualTextValue> descriptions = update.getDescriptions();
+        descriptions.addAll(update.getDescriptionsIfNew()); // merge
+        for (MonolingualTextValue description : descriptions) {
+            doScrutinize(update, description);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void doScrutinize(ItemUpdate update, MonolingualTextValue description) {
+        String descText = description.getText();
+        if (descText == null) return;
+        descText = descText.trim();
+        if (descText.length() == 0) return;
+
+        // length check
+        if (descText.length() > descLengthThreshold) {
+            warningWithEntity(update, descTooLongType);
+        }
+
+        // punctuation sign check
+        char last = descText.charAt(descText.length() - 1);
+        if (punctuationSigns.indexOf(last) != -1) {
+            warningWithEntity(update, descEndsByPunctuationSign);
+        }
+
+        // begin with uppercase letter check
+        char first = descText.charAt(0);
+        if ('A' <= first && first <= 'Z') {
+            warningWithEntity(update, descBeginWithUppercase);
+        }
+
+        // article check
+        String firstWord = descText.split("\\s")[0].toLowerCase();
+        if ("a".equals(firstWord) || "an".equals(firstWord) || "the".equals(firstWord)) {
+            warningWithEntity(update, descBeginWithArticle);
+        }
+
+        // description-label check
+        Set<MonolingualTextValue> labels = update.getLabels();
+        labels.addAll(update.getLabelsIfNew()); // merge
+        for (MonolingualTextValue label : labels) {
+            if (label.getLanguageCode().equals(description.getLanguageCode())) {
+                String labelText = label.getText();
+                if (labelText == null) break;
+                labelText = labelText.trim();
+                if (labelText.equals(descText)) {
+                    warningWithEntity(update, descIdenticalWithLabel);
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void warningWithEntity(ItemUpdate update, String type) {
+        QAWarning issue = new QAWarning(type, null, QAWarning.Severity.WARNING, 1);
+        issue.setProperty("example_entity", update.getItemId());
+        addIssue(issue);
+    }
+
+}