Template:Lead too long/doc

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How to use

Place {{Lead too long|date=December 2024}} at the top of articles with more than four paragraphs or an otherwise inordinate amount of content in their lead section.

When to use

Most Wikipedia:Featured articles have a lead length of approximately 250 to 400 words, which suggests that this tag is likely inappropriate unless the lead substantially exceeds that length.

Use {{lead rewrite}} instead of this template if the lead is not unreasonably long but needs to be re-written to focus on the most important information.

Notes

This template will categorize tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia introduction cleanup.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Lead too long in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Lead too long

A banner to indicate that a lead section of article should be reduced, as it is longer than what is recommended, relative to the length of the article.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Date	`date`	Month and year when the template was added to the article Example November 2018 Auto value `{{SUBST:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{SUBST:CURRENTYEAR}}`	String	required

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