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

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==Editing the lead section==

Editing the lead section can be cumbersome in long articles, because by default there is no edit link. The primary option is to open the entire article in the editing window by clicking on the "Edit" or "edit this page" tab at the top. However, this method increases the risk of [[Help:Edit conflict|edit conflicts]] in popular articles, and [[Wikipedia:Article size#Technical issues|may cause problems]] if the page being edited is too large.

Editing the lead section can be cumbersome in long articles, because by default there is no edit link. The primary option is to open the entire article in the editing window by clicking on the "Edit" or "edit this page" tab at the top. However, this method increases the risk of [[Wikipedia:Help:Edit conflict|edit conflicts]] in popular articles, and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Article size#Technical issues|may cause problems]] if the page being edited is too large.

~~Registered users can override this default via:~~

*a [[checkbox]] on ''[[Special:Preferences]] → Gadgets → Appearance'' called "Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page" (requires JavaScript)

*a [[checkbox]] on ''[[Special:Preferences]] → Editing'' called "Enable section editing by right clicking on section titles" (requires JavaScript)

*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts#Navigating to Edit page|some user-written scripts that enable you to edit section 0]].

All users can use the following:

*Click "edit" for any section and, in the resulting [[Uniform Resource Locator|URL]], replace the trailing <tt>&section=</tt>'''n''' with <tt>&section='''0'''</tt> before re-loading the page.

*Click "edit" for any section and, in the resulting [[Wikipedia:Uniform Resource Locator|URL]], replace the trailing <tt>&section=</tt>'''n''' with <tt>&section='''0'''</tt> before re-loading the page.

==Comparison to the news-style lead==

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 ==Editing the lead section==
-Editing the lead section can be cumbersome in long articles, because by default there is no edit link. The primary option is to open the entire article in the editing window by clicking on the "Edit" or "edit this page" tab at the top. However, this method increases the risk of [[Help:Edit conflict|edit conflicts]] in popular articles, and [[Wikipedia:Article size#Technical issues|may cause problems]] if the page being edited is too large.
+Editing the lead section can be cumbersome in long articles, because by default there is no edit link. The primary option is to open the entire article in the editing window by clicking on the "Edit" or "edit this page" tab at the top. However, this method increases the risk of [[Wikipedia:Help:Edit conflict|edit conflicts]] in popular articles, and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Article size#Technical issues|may cause problems]] if the page being edited is too large.
-Registered users can override this default via:
-*a [[checkbox]] on ''[[Special:Preferences]] → Gadgets → Appearance'' called "Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page" (requires JavaScript)
-*a [[checkbox]] on ''[[Special:Preferences]] → Editing'' called "Enable section editing by right clicking on section titles" (requires JavaScript)
-*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts#Navigating to Edit page|some user-written scripts that enable you to edit section 0]].
 All users can use the following:
-*Click "edit" for any section and, in the resulting [[Uniform Resource Locator|URL]], replace the trailing <tt>&amp;section=</tt>'''n''' with <tt>&amp;section='''0'''</tt> before re-loading the page.
+*Click "edit" for any section and, in the resulting [[Wikipedia:Uniform Resource Locator|URL]], replace the trailing <tt>&amp;section=</tt>'''n''' with <tt>&amp;section='''0'''</tt> before re-loading the page.
 ==Comparison to the news-style lead==