Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Lede Improvement Team

The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.

The proposed WikiProject was created at WP:WikiProject Lead Improvement Team. (non-admin closure) –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 14:32, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Description

Finds and improves the lede sections of articles across Wikipedia.

The lede is arguably the most important part of the article; it should accurately summarize the article without being too technical or introducing facts that are not discussed later, and it should be well written and easy to understand. It is often the first, and sometimes the only thing that a reader will look at on the page. Many websites use Wikipedia as a source of information, and often the only information they will display comes from the lede. An example would be the meta description that displays under Google search results when a term is searched for.

It is vital that the presentation of the lede is professional. As it stands now though, many editors, especially new editors, are careless when it comes to the lede. If they have a bit of information to add, the lede seems to be an attractive place, though it is not the best. When substantial information is added or changed elsewhere in the article, the lede is often not revisited to reflect that change. Expecting editors to adhere to the style guide is not enough to stop this. What we need is a team of editors willing to visit articles and improve their ledes, perhaps giving advice to the people who wrote them along the way.

The idea for this Wikiproject came about as a result of a conversation on the Teahouse.

 DiscantX 01:20, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

List of important pages and categories for this proposed group

This is an issue across Wikipedia and is not specific to any particular page or category.

Though if anyone can find a good example of a page that needs cleaning up, please add it here. I will try later, I don't have time now.

List of WikiProjects currently on the talk pages of those articles: Please invite these and any other similar groups to join the discussion about this proposal. See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory to find similar WikiProjects.; N/A – Scope is too general.

Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?: There are no existing groups - we want to change that

Support

Also, specify whether or not you would join the project.

Discant X 01:20, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Tetra quark ^{(don't be shy)} 03:32, 14 January 2015 (UTC) (I'll be the first to join)[reply]

Discussion

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or at the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.