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==== Lead sections in stand-alone lists ====
==== Lead sections in stand-alone lists ====
{{more|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists#Selection criteria}}
{{hatnote|Further information: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists#Selection criteria|Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists#Selection criteria]]}}


[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists|Stand-alone list]]s should always include a [[Wikipedia:lead section|lead section]] just as other articles do.
[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Stand-alone lists|Stand-alone lists]] should always include a [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Lead section|lead section]] just as other articles do.


[[Wikipedia:Featured list criteria]] recommends that "[a list] has an engaging lead section that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria of the list".
[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Featured list criteria|Wikipedia:Featured list criteria]] recommends that "[a list] has an engaging lead section that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria of the list".


Furthermore, non-obvious characteristics of a list, such as those regarding the list's structure, should be explained in its lead section (e.g., [[List of compositions by Franz Schubert by genre]]) or in a separate introductory section (e.g., [[List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Listing Bach's compositions]]).
Furthermore, non-obvious characteristics of a list, such as those regarding the list's structure, should be explained in its lead section (e.g., [[Wikipedia:List of compositions by Franz Schubert by genre|List of compositions by Franz Schubert by genre]]) or in a separate introductory section (e.g., [[Wikipedia:List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Listing BAch's compositions|List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Listing Bach's compositions]]).


Lists should not be used to create [[Wikipedia:Content forking|content fork]]s between a topic that has a separate Wikipedia article (e.g., "[[republic]]") and a list complementary to that topic (e.g., "[[List of republics]]").
Lists should not be used to create [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Content forking|content forks]] between a topic that has a separate Wikipedia article (e.g., "[[Wikipedia:Republic|republic]]") and a list complementary to that topic (e.g., "[[Wikipedia:List of republics|List of republics]]").


==== Lead paragraphs in embedded lists ====
==== Lead paragraphs in embedded lists ====