Template:Lead rewrite

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Usage

Place this template at the top of articles where the lead section needs to be rewritten. Include the current date and the reason the re-write is needed on the talk page or in the reason parameter, like this:

{{Lead rewrite|date=March 2026|reason=Your critique here.}}

Notes

• This template will categorize tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia introduction cleanup and Category:Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify.

TemplateData

<templatedata> { "description": "A banner to indicate that a lead section of article needs to be rewritten.", "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 }, "reason": { "type": "string", "autovalue": "" }, "talk": { "type": "string" } } } </templatedata>

Redirects

1. {{cleanup lead}}
2. {{intro}}
3. {{intro-rewrite}}
4. {{lead}}
5. {{lead section}}
6. {{lead-rewrite}}
7. {{lede}}
8. {{lede rewrite}}
9. {{rewrite lead}}
10. {{vagueintro}}

• This template contains a self-reference (it refers to Wikipedia in its contents).
• This template should not be substituted. Bots rely on the transcluded form for dating and categorisation.

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