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| issue = This article's [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section|lead section]] '''may be too short to adequately [[Wikipedia:summary style|summarize]] its key points'''.  
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| issue = This article's [[MOS:LEADLENGTH|lead section]] '''may be too short to adequately [[Wikipedia:summary style|summarize]] its key points'''.  
 
| fix = Please consider expanding the lead to [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section#Provide an accessible overview|provide an accessible overview]] of all important aspects of the article. {{#if:{{{reason|}}}|The reason given is: '''{{{reason}}}'''}}
 
| fix = Please consider expanding the lead to [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section#Provide an accessible overview|provide an accessible overview]] of all important aspects of the article. {{#if:{{{reason|}}}|The reason given is: '''{{{reason}}}'''}}
 
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Latest revision as of 20:50, 23 December 2020

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Usage

Place {{Lead too short|date=September 2025}} at the top of articles where the lead section is much shorter than what is recommended, relative to the length of the article. The appropriate length of the lead section depends on the total length of the article. If the lead fails to provide an adequate summary of the article's key points, without necessarily being too short, use the template {{lead rewrite}} instead.

You can use the |reason= parameter to specify the reason why the lead is too short, as in the following example:

{{Lead too short|date=September 2025|reason=Your critique here.}}

Notes

Tracking category

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Lead too short

Use this cleanup template to indicate that the lead section of an article is too short relative to the length of the article and should be expanded.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Month and yeardate

The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically.

Example
January 2013
Auto value
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Linerequired
Reasonreason

The reason why the lead is too short (e.g., what it is missing)

Stringoptional
Talktalk

no description

Unknownoptional

Redirects


  • This template contains a self-reference (it refers to Wikipedia in its contents).
  • This template should not be substituted. Bots rely on the transcluded form for dating and categorisation.