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{{dosanddonts
| guideline = Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section
| shortcut1 = WP:LEADDD
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| main = The lead, or introduction, is the most important text in any article.
| caption = To get the lead right, generally:

| do1 = Be familiar with the '''[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section|style guidance for leads]]'''.
| do2 = '''Identify''' the [[WP:LEADPARAGRAPH|'''subject''' and reason for its '''notability''']] '''early'''.
| do3 = Put the subject's '''[[WP:BOLDTITLE|full and alternate names in bold]]''' on first use.
| do4 = Provide '''[[MOS:INTRO|context]]''' if necessary.
| do5 = Summarize the '''[[Wikipedia:Summary style|most important points]]''' of the article.
| do6 = Use discretion when putting '''[[WP:LEADCITE|citations in the lead]]'''.
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| dont1 = Don't include information that is '''not covered later on'''.
| dont2 = Don't '''[[WP:NPOV|promote]]''' the subject or use '''[[WP:PEACOCK|peacock terms]]'''.
| dont3 = Don't '''overload''' the first sentence with '''[[parenthesis (rhetoric)|parenthetical material]]'''.
| dont4 = Don't '''reiterate [[WP:LEADSENTENCE|descriptive article titles]]''' if awkward in prose.
| dont5 = Don't put '''[[WP:BOLDAVOID|links in a bolded reiteration]]''' of the title.
| dont6 = Don't use '''[[MOS:DONTTEASE|teasers]]'''.
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