Template talk:Lead extra info

Clean-up templates need to describe the problem

@CactiStaccingCrane: I undid your revision to this template because in my experience the fix is not obvious to most editors. Many editors are unaware that the lead section should provide an accessible overview of an article that is a summary of what an article contains. I frequently use this template when I see editors adding information into the lead and then treating this as assumed knowledge in the body of the article. I have changed the wording back to what it previously said as I believe that better informed readers and editors about the problem with the article is and how to fix it immediately. Often the solution to the problem is not to edit the lead section but to expand the body of the article in some specific way to to support the information in the lead section. I often add a discussion to the talk page, too, to explain the problem in detail. The need to also check for a discussion about any problems with the lead might be a useful addition to the advice to editors. A reason= attribute might also help. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 22:43, 2 February 2024 (UTC)