Template:Lead too long
From Body Communication
This article's lead section may be too long for the length of the article. (December 2024) |
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Usage
Place {{Lead too long|date=December 2024}}
at the top of articles with more than four paragraphs in their lead section.
Notes
- This template will categorize tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia introduction cleanup.
TemplateData
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TemplateData for Lead too long
<templatedata> {
"description": "A banner to indicate that a lead section of article should be reduced, as it is longer than what is recommended, relative to the length of the article.", "params": { "date": { "label": "Date", "description": "Month and year when the template was added to the article", "autovalue": "{{SUBST:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{SUBST:CURRENTYEAR}}", "example": "November 2018", "type": "string", "required": true } }
} </templatedata>
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