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| | Because the lead is the first section a visitor reads, it is also the one most frequently edited and may become cluttered with parenthetical details (sometimes to the point of absurdity). If this happens, the lead may need to be reduced. Some parenthetical material may be notable enough to be among the first information presented, but much of it can be moved to footnotes, to infoboxes, or into the body of the article. If this results in extensive footnotes which themselves contain references, then notes and references can be split, as explained at [[Wikipedia:WP:REFNOTE|Wikipedia:Footnotes]]. |
| Because the lead is the first section a visitor reads, it is also the one most frequently edited and may become cluttered with parenthetical details (sometimes to the point of absurdity). If this happens, the lead may need to be reduced. For example, the lead from [[Genghis Khan]] at one time read: | |
| :{{quote|'''Genghis Khan''' (English pronunciation:{{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɛ|ŋ|ɡ|ɪ|s|_|ˈ|k|ɑː|n}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|ɛ|ŋ|ɡ|ɪ|s|_|ˈ|k|ɑː|n}};<sup>[[Genghis Khan#cite_note-6|[1]]]</sup><sup>[[Genghis Khan#cite_note-7|[2]]]</sup>; [[Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet|Cyrillic]]: Чингис Хаан, ''Chingis Khaan'', {{IPA-mn|tʃiŋɡɪs xaːŋ|IPA|GenghisKhan01.ogg}}; [[Mongol script]]: [[File:Cinggis qagan.svg|18px]], ''Činggis Qaɣan''; {{zh|t=成吉思汗|s=成吉思汗|p=Chéng Jí Sī Hán|first=t}}; probably May 31, 1162<sup>[[Genghis Khan##cite_note-birth-4|[3]]]</sup> – August 25, 1227), born '''Temujin''' (English pronunciation: {{IPAc-en|t|ə|ˈ|m|uː|dʒ|ɪ|n}}; {{lang-mn|Тэмүжин}}, ''Temüjin'' {{IPA-mn|tʰemutʃiŋ|IPA|Temujin.ogg}}; {{lang-xng|''Temüjin''}};<sup>[[Genghis Khan#cite_note-3|[4]]]</sup> {{zh|t=鐵木真|s=铁木真|p=Tiě mù zhēn|first=t}}) and also known by the [[temple name]] '''Taizu''' ({{zh|t=元太祖|s=元太祖|p=Yuán Tàizǔ|w=T'ai-Tsu|first=t}}), was the founder and [[Khagan|Great Khan]] (emperor) of the [[Mongol Empire]], which became the [[World's largest empires|largest]] contiguous empire in history after his death.}}
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| :{{quote|'''Genghis Khan''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɛ|ŋ|ɡ|ɪ|s|_|ˈ|k|ɑː|n}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|ɛ|ŋ|ɡ|ɪ|s|_|ˈ|k|ɑː|n}},<sup>[[Genghis Khan#cite_note-4|[1]]]</sup><sup>[[Genghis Khan#cite_note-5|[2]]]</sup> {{IPA-mn|tʃiŋɡɪs xaːŋ| Mongol:|GenghisKhan01.ogg}}; Chingis/Chinghis Khan; 1162?{{spaced ndash}}August 1227), born '''Temujin''', was the founder and [[Khagan|Great Khan]] (emperor) of the [[Mongol Empire]], which became the [[world's largest empires|largest]] contiguous empire in history after his demise.}}
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