UniWiki:Manual of Style/Lead section: Difference between revisions

==First section==

*''Deletion tags''

*''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.

*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]]":

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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:

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>

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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>

=====Pronunciation=====

If the name of the article has a pronunciation that's not apparent from its spelling, include its [[Wikipedia:Help:IPA|pronunciation]] in parentheses after the first occurrence of the name. Do not include them for common English words with pronunciations that might be counterintuitive for learners ([[Wikipedia:Laughter|laughter]], [[Wikipedia:Sword|sword]]). If the name of the article is more than one word, include pronunciation only for the words that need it.

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<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=====

===Scope of article===

In some cases the definition of the article topic in the opening paragraph may be insufficient to fully constrain the scope of the article. In particular, it may be necessary to identify material that is ''not'' within scope. For instance, the [[Wikipedia:Fever|Fever]] article notes that elevated temperature due to [[Wikipedia:Hyperthermia|hyperthermia]] is not within scope. These explanations may best be done at the end of the lead to avoid cluttering and confusing the first paragraph. This information and other meta material in the lead is not expected to appear in the body of the article.

==Alternative names==

Tabloid, magazine and broadcast news leads may be "teasers" that intentionally omit some crucial details to entice readers to read or watch the full story, and may even "bury the lead" by hiding the most important fact. This style should never be used on Wikipedia.

==See also==

==Notes==

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