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*''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Template messages/General#Disambiguation and redirection|Disambiguation links]]'' should be the first elements of the page, before any maintenance tags, infobox, or image; if a reader has reached the wrong page, they will want to know that first. Text-only browsers and [[Wikipedia:Screen reader | *''[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Template messages/General#Disambiguation and redirection|Disambiguation links]]'' should be the first elements of the page, before any maintenance tags, infobox, or image; if a reader has reached the wrong page, they will want to know that first. Text-only browsers and [[Wikipedia:Screen reader|screen readers]] present the page sequentially. Do not make this initial link a section. ''See also'' [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Hatnote|Wikipedia:Hatnote]]. | ||
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*''Maintenance tags'' should be below the disambiguation links. These tags inform the reader about the general quality of the article and should be presented to the user before the article itself. | *''Maintenance tags'' should be below the disambiguation links. These tags inform the reader about the general quality of the article and should be presented to the user before the article itself. | ||
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*Similarly, if the page is a [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Lists|list]], do '''not''' introduce the list as "This is a '''list of X'''" or "This '''list of Xs'''...". A clearer and more informative introduction to the list is better than ''verbatim'' repetition of the title. A good example of this is the [[Wikipedia:List of Benet Academy alumni|List of Benet Academy alumni]]. ''(See also [[#Format of the first sentence|Format of the first sentence]] below)''. | *Similarly, if the page is a [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Lists|list]], do '''not''' introduce the list as "This is a '''list of X'''" or "This '''list of Xs'''...". A clearer and more informative introduction to the list is better than ''verbatim'' repetition of the title. A good example of this is the [[Wikipedia:List of Benet Academy alumni|List of Benet Academy alumni]]. ''(See also [[#Format of the first sentence|Format of the first sentence]] below)''. | ||
*When the page title is used as the subject of the first sentence, it may appear in a slightly different form, and it may include variations, including [[Wikipedia:Synonym|synonyms]].<ref>For example, in the article "[[Wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]": | *When the page title is used as the subject of the first sentence, it may appear in a slightly different form, and it may include variations, including [[Wikipedia:Synonym|synonyms]].<ref>For example, in the article "[[Wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]": | ||
<blockquote>The '''United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland''', commonly known as the '''United Kingdom''', the '''UK''', or '''Britain''', is a [[sovereignty|sovereign]] [[island country]] located off the north-western coast of [[Wikipedia:Continental Europe|continental Europe]]. | <blockquote>The '''United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland''', commonly known as the '''United Kingdom''', the '''UK''', or '''Britain''', is a [[sovereignty|sovereign]] [[Wikipedia:island country|island country]] located off the north-western coast of [[Wikipedia:Continental Europe|continental Europe]]. | ||
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</ref> Similarly, if the title has a parenthetical disambiguator, the disambiguator should be omitted in the text.<ref>Thus, the article [[Wikipedia:Egg (food)|Egg (food)]] should start like this: | </ref> Similarly, if the title has a parenthetical disambiguator, the disambiguator should be omitted in the text.<ref>Thus, the article [[Wikipedia:Egg (food)|Egg (food)]] should start like this: | ||
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Links should not be placed in the [[Wikipedia:Emphasis (typography)#Methods and use|boldface]] reiteration of the title in the opening sentence of a lead:<ref>Many, but not all, articles repeat the article title in bold face in the first line of the article. Linking the article to itself produces '''boldface text'''; this practice is discouraged as page moves will result in a useless circular link through a redirect. Linking ''part'' of the bolded text is also discouraged because it changes the visual effect of bolding; some readers will miss the visual cue which is the purpose of using bold face in the first place.</ref><ref>Disambiguation pages are navigational aides rather than articles and where there is a primary topic for a term, the introductory line for that term's disambiguation page does typically have that term both linked and bolded; see [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages#Linking to a primary topic|UMoS:Linking to a primary topic]]</ref> | Links should not be placed in the [[Wikipedia:Emphasis (typography)#Methods and use|boldface]] reiteration of the title in the opening sentence of a lead:<ref>Many, but not all, articles repeat the article title in bold face in the first line of the article. Linking the article to itself produces '''boldface text'''; this practice is discouraged as page moves will result in a useless circular link through a redirect. Linking ''part'' of the bolded text is also discouraged because it changes the visual effect of bolding; some readers will miss the visual cue which is the purpose of using bold face in the first place.</ref><ref>Disambiguation pages are navigational aides rather than articles and where there is a primary topic for a term, the introductory line for that term's disambiguation page does typically have that term both linked and bolded; see [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages#Linking to a primary topic|UMoS:Linking to a primary topic]]</ref> | ||
<blockquote>{{notthis|The '''[[Babe Ruth]] Award''' is given annually to the [[Wikipedia:Major League Baseball|Major League Baseball]] (MLB) player with the best performance in the [[Wikipedia:Major League Baseball postseason|postseason]].}} | <blockquote>{{notthis|The '''[[Wikipedia:Babe Ruth|Babe Ruth]] Award''' is given annually to the [[Wikipedia:Major League Baseball|Major League Baseball]] (MLB) player with the best performance in the [[Wikipedia:Major League Baseball postseason|postseason]].}} | ||
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<blockquote>{{dothis|The '''Babe Ruth Award''' is given annually to the [[Wikipedia:Major League Baseball|Major League Baseball]] (MLB) player with the best performance in the [[Wikipedia:Major League Baseball postseason|postseason]]. The award, created in honor of [[Wikipedia:Babe Ruth|Babe Ruth]], was first awarded in 1949 to the MVP of the [[Wikipedia:World Series|World Series]], one year after Ruth's death.}}</blockquote> | <blockquote>{{dothis|The '''Babe Ruth Award''' is given annually to the [[Wikipedia:Major League Baseball|Major League Baseball]] (MLB) player with the best performance in the [[Wikipedia:Major League Baseball postseason|postseason]]. The award, created in honor of [[Wikipedia:Babe Ruth|Babe Ruth]], was first awarded in 1949 to the MVP of the [[Wikipedia:World Series|World Series]], one year after Ruth's death.}}</blockquote> | ||
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The | The first sentence of an article about a person should link to the page or pages about the topic where the person achieved prominence. | ||
<blockquote>'''Harvey Lavan''' "'''Van'''" '''Cliburn Jr.''' (July 12, 1934 – February 27, 2013) was an American [[Wikipedia:Pianist|pianist]] who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958 at age 23, when he won the first quadrennial [[Wikipedia:International Tchaikovsky Competition|International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition]] in Moscow, at the height of the [[Wikipedia:Cold War|Cold War]]. | <blockquote>'''Harvey Lavan''' "'''Van'''" '''Cliburn Jr.''' (July 12, 1934 – February 27, 2013) was an American [[Wikipedia:Pianist|pianist]] who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958 at age 23, when he won the first quadrennial [[Wikipedia:International Tchaikovsky Competition|International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition]] in Moscow, at the height of the [[Wikipedia:Cold War|Cold War]]. | ||
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=====Biographies===== | =====Biographies===== | ||
:''For more details on the formatting of the first sentence of biographical articles, see [[ | :''For more details on the formatting of the first sentence of biographical articles, see [[:wikipedia:wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies#Opening paragraph|wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies#Opening paragraph]] | ||
===Scope of article=== | ===Scope of article=== | ||