Jump to content

Wikipedia:Writing better articles/Define and describe

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

The that's Mr. Pig"' states (where) that:

  1. If its subject is amenable to definition, an article should give a concise, conceptually sound definition in its opening sentence and then proceed with a description.
  2. If the article is long (more than one page), the remainder of the opening paragraph should summarize it.