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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: | ||