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Sabtu, 2026-08-15 18:52:59biophysical environment". Shortcuts MOS:FIRSTMOS:FIRST MOS:LEADSENTENCEMOS:LEADSENTENCE The first sentence should introduce the topic, and tell the nonspecialist...
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Jumat, 2012-01-20 17:01:14introduce a list with "This is a list..." or "This list of Xs..."; check WP:LEADSENTENCE for more details. No need to bold image captions, check WP:CAPTION for...
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Jumat, 2024-03-22 23:54:08page: I only looked at the first two sentences of the lead. Per MOS:LEADSENTENCE this does not "tell the nonspecialist reader what or who the subject...
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Jumat, 2025-12-12 07:07:00article creators remains that a concise statement of notability (MOS:LEADSENTENCE) will save an article from PROD and AfD. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:27, 13...
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Selasa, 2019-03-19 07:05:39good shape, Gog. I have a few comments: the lead needs work. Per MOS:LEADSENTENCE, the first sentence needs to properly introduce the article. Suggest...
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Sabtu, 2018-09-01 07:25:34consists of 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. should be rephrased per MOS:LEADSENTENCE. Modified. Again, I followed the basic idea of the above-mentioned articles...
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Kamis, 2017-12-21 16:33:21should all of this be bold? That's the storm's official name, so per WP:LEADSENTENCE I believe it's correct for the full title to be in bold. – Juliancolton | Talk...
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Sabtu, 2018-09-01 07:25:33consists of 20 skaters and 3 goaltenders. should be rephrased per MOS:LEADSENTENCE. Modified. Again, I followed the basic idea of the above-mentioned articles...
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Jumat, 2023-02-10 06:25:57an article, it's improper to say "This article describes...", see WP:LEADSENTENCE. The lead should not speak about the article itself but should instead...
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Kamis, 2026-08-06 22:16:39primary genre or sub-genre under which it is verifiably classified. See WP:LEADSENTENCE for guidance that applies to other elements, such as reputable directors...
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Kamis, 2014-07-31 15:05:19an article, it's improper to say "This article describes...", see WP:LEADSENTENCE. The lead should not speak about the article itself but should instead...
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Sabtu, 2025-12-20 01:24:02claim to significance should appear in the first sentence. (See MOS:LEADSENTENCE) Don't expect the NPP to read the entire article, or check the sources...
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Senin, 2020-11-30 10:40:32Definition and notability should be in the first sentence. As per WP:LEADSENTENCE, The article should begin with a short declarative sentence, answering...
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Senin, 2022-03-28 11:41:11followed? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:49, 23 January 2015 (UTC) WP:LEADSENTENCE says: "When the page title is used as the subject of the first sentence...
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Kamis, 2015-02-19 18:30:56the bolded repetition of the article title, not a requirement of WP:LEADSENTENCE. On the article talk page, Tamfang suggested "The effects on human society...
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Selasa, 2024-03-19 20:03:40Live" and then the second sentence would talk about his creation. WP:LEADSENTENCE is relevant here. There's room for a few more details in the lead. None...
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Rabu, 2022-11-02 09:54:11is no mention of statement in lead sentence in source ref #3 (See MOS:LEADSENTENCE on how lead sentences should read). Ref #2 is WP:PRIMARY, so a better...
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Jumat, 2025-12-26 18:15:37intended to supplement WP:MOSINTRO, but in practice they conflict with WP:LEADSENTENCE and possibly Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biographies. Contrast this with...
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Selasa, 2025-09-23 20:25:45complete responsibility of the sock edits. His edit[61] clearly violated WP:LEADSENTENCE, which specifically states that the first sentence should generally match...
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Kamis, 2026-02-12 21:49:37Wikipedia rule while making edits in Muse (disambiguation)? Read MOS:LEADSENTENCE If possible, the page title should be the subject of the first sentence...
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Senin, 2021-08-09 17:44:35Keep , it's used several times in the article (although not in theWP:LEADSENTENCE); that's easily fixed but to do so now might prejudice the outcome here)...
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Kamis, 2024-10-17 05:11:39Whispered (talk) 23:58, 16 May 2015 (UTC) The applicable guideline is WP:LEADSENTENCE and it says nothing about a comma. You're correct, it's bad punctuation...
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Selasa, 2012-01-31 06:06:30introduce a list with "This is a list..." or "This list of Xs..."; check WP:LEADSENTENCE for more details. You can just remove that and start with the second...
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Selasa, 2012-08-28 22:08:08@Giants, I moved the wikilink. I believe the sentence now complies with WP:LEADSENTENCE. – Lionel (talk) 00:22, 4 August 2012 (UTC) Okay. In that case, can we...
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Rabu, 2024-05-01 09:28:03the page title should be the subject of the first sentence." in WP:LEADSENTENCE than many other options. Marginally less concise than "Support for abortion...
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Kamis, 2022-03-10 04:43:30problems I see with that is the sample first sentence. To perhaps follow WP:LEADSENTENCE more closely, it should more accurately define the subject, rather than...
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Selasa, 2025-09-23 22:09:34However, I think the third example isn't really okay because the WP:LEADSENTENCE suggests, "If possible, the page title should be the subject of the first...
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Rabu, 2024-10-09 09:07:54(UTC) I don't think this use of quotes is correct, per MOS:TERM or MOS:LEADSENTENCE - can you confirm? Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 12:54, 4 October 2024 (UTC)...
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Selasa, 2022-10-04 05:20:25first paragraph in the lead? It looks a bit awkard. It is required (MOS:LEADSENTENCE) Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:00, 18 July 2022 (UTC) I wonder why the Awards...
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Minggu, 2023-01-29 01:29:50nationality and anything else relevant that could be reliably sourced. Per WP:LEADSENTENCE, the article shouldn't be introduced as "This is a list of..." Watch...
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Senin, 2022-03-07 13:38:28in effect, summarise the entire article by defining its scope per WP:LEADSENTENCE. I've tried rewriting the first sentence, see what you think now. Prioryman...
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Rabu, 2022-08-03 02:13:54mind, and that's how I interpret it. Secondly, your own words, the WP:LEADSENTENCE defines it as: "A female is a human with a gender identity that is the...
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Sabtu, 2022-08-06 00:54:58draft article is actually about. It might be helpful for you to read MOS:LEADSENTENCE. I also see lots of sentences that aren't supported with references,...
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Selasa, 2025-12-16 04:42:46mind, and that's how I interpret it. Secondly, your own words, the WP:LEADSENTENCE defines it as: "A female is a human with a gender identity that is the...
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Rabu, 2026-03-11 03:51:00(though the lead should summarize the article as a whole) - please see WP:LEADSENTENCE. Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 14:04, 24 July 2014 (UTC) Thanks for the comments...
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Selasa, 2019-10-22 12:06:47differences. Please have a look at Wikipedia:Lead, and the sections MOS:LEADSENTENCE and MOS:LEADPARAGRAPH, as well as the rest of that recommendation. One...
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Senin, 2020-12-21 11:05:40article creators remains that a concise statement of notability (MOS:LEADSENTENCE) will save an article from PROD and AfD. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:27, 13...
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Jumat, 2022-05-20 12:56:36"Raja Alan Singh Meena...", as that is the Wikipedia guideline per MOS:LEADSENTENCE. You mention that "Historian Colonel James Tod has written about Alan...
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Rabu, 2019-03-13 01:59:44December 2018 (UTC) In this edit I think I correctly interpreted MOS:LEADSENTENCE. I don't think the statistics about the size of the market belong in...
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Jumat, 2023-02-10 19:26:33lede still starts 'The informal term "Soviet Empire" is used by...' (WP:LEADSENTENCE recommends using the article title, with exceptions) not 'Soviet imperialism...
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Rabu, 2025-04-09 18:18:57was. This is a hard article to write a first sentence for, but per WP:LEADSENTENCE the title doesn't have to appear verbatim, so I think we could go with...
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Sabtu, 2023-12-30 14:34:332014 (UTC) Neat. Didn't know that about Zimmer. And good point about LEADSENTENCE. Something we can address on the talk page. EvergreenFir (talk) Please...
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Selasa, 2025-09-23 21:33:03especially for in the lede. Consider splitting it after Gautama? As per WP:LEADSENTENCE, if someone is particularly famous for 1 particular reason, then it should...
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Selasa, 2025-09-23 21:32:43emancipation of his slaves only after his death. This complies with the MOS:LEADSENTENCE and MOS:LEADPARAGRAPH guidelines by setting out the subject in a nutshell...
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Senin, 2026-07-27 07:12:36(talk) 12:02, 26 May 2018 (UTC) BTW, the same editor also violates MOS:LEADSENTENCE in this edit. Thylacoop5 (talk) 12:08, 26 May 2018 (UTC) more wasting...
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Rabu, 2023-09-20 20:40:27body of the article. While not related to the TOC positioning issue, WP:LEADSENTENCE specifically reads "The first sentence should tell the nonspecialist...
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Jumat, 2025-08-08 05:19:35instead. Tomiĉo (talk) 02:10, 25 May 2025 (UTC) No worries Tomiĉo. MOS:LEADSENTENCE suggests "If possible, the page title should be the subject of the first...
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Selasa, 2024-01-23 07:05:28January 2024 (UTC) If you don't care for MOS:NOFORCELINK, consider MOS:LEADSENTENCE, which is also part of the MoS and so policy. It starts "The first sentence...
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Jumat, 2023-03-03 16:36:10@Giants, I moved the wikilink. I believe the sentence now complies with WP:LEADSENTENCE. – Lionel (talk) 00:22, 4 August 2012 (UTC) Okay. In that case, can we...
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Minggu, 2023-01-22 10:19:26article (as the WP:LEAD only covers the most important points, and the WP:LEADSENTENCE even more so), and since the #Terminology section does cover the subtleties...
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Kamis, 2024-04-25 15:10:29articles should start with a definition is possible according to MOS:LEADSENTENCE. It's true that the definition is not particularly helpful to readers...
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Kamis, 2022-03-10 04:30:23introduce a list with "This is a list..." or "This list of Xs..."; check WP:LEADSENTENCE for more details. You can just remove that and start with the second...
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Sabtu, 2013-06-01 19:39:05in effect, summarise the entire article by defining its scope per WP:LEADSENTENCE. I've tried rewriting the first sentence, see what you think now. Prioryman...
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Kamis, 2025-05-15 19:06:01the event.--ZKang123 (talk · contribs) 06:09, 18 April 2025 (UTC) MOS:LEADSENTENCE is obviously ignored (that a riot is named after St Scholastica Day occured...
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Jumat, 2022-06-03 04:31:40without explanation in the first sentence defiitely conflicts with MOS:LEADSENTENCE. NadVolum (talk) 23:06, 22 February 2022 (UTC) The Convention on the...
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Jumat, 2014-08-29 20:53:23(though the lead should summarize the article as a whole) - please see WP:LEADSENTENCE. Thanks, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 14:04, 24 July 2014 (UTC) Thanks for the comments...
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Jumat, 2017-06-30 23:01:36should all of this be bold? That's the storm's official name, so per WP:LEADSENTENCE I believe it's correct for the full title to be in bold. – Juliancolton | Talk...
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Jumat, 2020-05-01 07:05:31emancipation of his slaves only after his death. This complies with the MOS:LEADSENTENCE and MOS:LEADPARAGRAPH guidelines by setting out the subject in a nutshell...
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Minggu, 2019-03-31 13:57:02good shape, Gog. I have a few comments: the lead needs work. Per MOS:LEADSENTENCE, the first sentence needs to properly introduce the article. Suggest...
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Senin, 2018-12-10 01:11:29especially for in the lede. Consider splitting it after Gautama? As per WP:LEADSENTENCE, if someone is particularly famous for 1 particular reason, then it should...
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Sabtu, 2012-12-01 12:18:42the bolded repetition of the article title, not a requirement of WP:LEADSENTENCE. On the article talk page, Tamfang suggested "The effects on human society...
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Senin, 2012-02-27 05:19:19was. This is a hard article to write a first sentence for, but per WP:LEADSENTENCE the title doesn't have to appear verbatim, so I think we could go with...
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Rabu, 2013-07-31 11:05:21problems I see with that is the sample first sentence. To perhaps follow WP:LEADSENTENCE more closely, it should more accurately define the subject, rather than...
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Kamis, 2012-03-01 05:31:30introduce a list with "This is a list..." or "This list of Xs..."; check WP:LEADSENTENCE for more details. No need to bold image captions, check WP:CAPTION for...
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Jumat, 2022-12-30 12:20:30first paragraph in the lead? It looks a bit awkard. It is required (MOS:LEADSENTENCE) Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:00, 18 July 2022 (UTC) I wonder why the Awards...
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Selasa, 2024-01-23 07:05:37right that the article would be more engaging this way. However, MOS:LEADSENTENCE clearly states that articles should start with a definition. Following...
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Kamis, 2024-02-01 02:28:07January 2024 (UTC) If you don't care for MOS:NOFORCELINK, consider MOS:LEADSENTENCE, which is also part of the MoS and so policy. It starts "The first sentence...
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Minggu, 2026-07-12 17:15:512025 (UTC) @Gecko G: I think(?) you've missed that MOS:FIRST and WP:LEADSENTENCE go to the same place. Ixtal used the latter shortcut in their close....
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Jumat, 2026-02-06 01:04:20above that while the information belongs in the lead, the existing MOS:LEADSENTENCE is suboptimal. A rewrite to handle the views/activism on their own rights...
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Rabu, 2025-09-24 01:44:04written from a neutral point of view pillar, neutrality policy, & the MOS:LEADSENTENCE & MOS:LEADCLUTTER guidelines. Peaceray (talk) 20:33, 8 February 2024...
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Kamis, 2026-08-13 01:25:57180 JNR 180 NUMERAL 180 SNR 180 LONDONDERRY 180 REVEREND 179 RUBY 179 LEADSENTENCE 179 INSTITUTION 179 MILOPCAT 179 IMGREL 179 BOXING/RECORDNOT 179 MILSPECIFIC...
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Sabtu, 2025-05-31 05:44:53instead. Tomiĉo (talk) 02:10, 25 May 2025 (UTC) No worries Tomiĉo. MOS:LEADSENTENCE suggests "If possible, the page title should be the subject of the first...
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Jumat, 2024-02-16 12:36:54seems to force being overly superficial (not well in keeping with MOS:LEADSENTENCE). More importantly, "non-organic" is not even a univeral or well-defined...
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Kamis, 2024-02-01 00:46:33claim to significance should appear in the first sentence. (See MOS:LEADSENTENCE) Don't expect the NPP to read the entire article, or check the sources...
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Senin, 2024-12-23 10:03:04standard as to when they should be applied, especially when used in the MOS:LEADSENTENCE or as categories. Why does "far-right" appear in the lead sentence of...
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Selasa, 2025-08-19 02:29:07into a disagreement with another editor because of this; they cite MOS:LEADSENTENCE to say that all articles should have the exact article title in bold...
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Jumat, 2026-07-10 22:24:2114 April 2026 (UTC) Dissoxciate, the title may be okay, but the WP:LEADSENTENCE and the whole focus of the article may not be. Generally speaking, Wikipedia...
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Senin, 2026-06-08 23:01:01wearing a hat. Simonm223 (talk) 23:08, 22 February 2025 (UTC) Maybe MOS:LEADSENTENCE? What I believe the main focus of this RfC is not whether or not he has...
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