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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
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The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically.
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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.
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are by definition underdeveloped articles - it is not yet appropriate to tag them as having a lead too short.
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as a courtesy, as the standard installation of Twinkle adds and removes this template. Thank you!
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parameter to specify the reason why the lead is too short, as in the following example:
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to this template, move it, or nominate it for deletion, please notify
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and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's
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The reason why the lead is too short (e.g., what it is missing)
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This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
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Section name on the talk page for further discussion
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Template:Improve lede

lead section
summarize
talk page
provide an accessible overview
view
edit
history
purge
breaking changes
Twinkle
Knowledge (XXG) talk:Twinkle
approximately 10,000 pages
/sandbox
/testcases
user subpage
talk page
Lead too short
lead section
lead rewrite
Lead too short
Stub articles
Category:Knowledge (XXG) introduction cleanup
Category:Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify
Category:All pages needing cleanup
TemplateData
TemplateWizard
VisualEditor
See a monthly parameter usage report

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