From 60516d0b050642b447db8b2ebd50de81db9dcb3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Bachler <daniel@danielbachler.de>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2023 11:30:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=E2=9C=A8=20allow=20publishing=20without=20exce?=
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---
 adminSiteClient/gdocsValidation.ts | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/adminSiteClient/gdocsValidation.ts b/adminSiteClient/gdocsValidation.ts
index 6fb3d8d3b8a..343a48a9356 100644
--- a/adminSiteClient/gdocsValidation.ts
+++ b/adminSiteClient/gdocsValidation.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,11 @@ function validateExcerpt(
     errors: OwidGdocErrorMessage[]
 ) {
     if (!gdoc.content.excerpt) {
-        errors.push(getMissingContentPropertyError("excerpt"))
+        errors.push({
+            property: "excerpt",
+            type: OwidGdocErrorMessageType.Warning,
+            message: `It is advised to add an excerpt before publishing.`,
+        })
     } else if (gdoc.content.excerpt.length > EXCERPT_MAX_LENGTH) {
         errors.push({
             property: "excerpt",