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English: This is an introduction to Wikipedia Presentation originally designed for use at Wikipedia Edit-a-thons. All of the items listed on the credits page are available on Wikipedia (where Wikipedia is listed, that was referring to the Wikipedia article on Wikipedia).
Note: This page contains details of templates relating to formatting. Templates related to descriptions (such as disambiguation, spoiler, wikicode) are listed under Template messages/General . Templates related to issues and disputes with articles , including NPOV, are listed under Disputes templates .
In Wikipedia, the lead section is an introduction to an article and a summary of its most important contents. It is located at the beginning of the article, before the table of contents and the first heading. It is not a news-style lead or "lede" paragraph. The average Wikipedia visit is a few minutes long. [1]
Templates relating to English variety and date format [5] [a] Infoboxes [b] Language maintenance templates; Images; Navigation header templates (sidebar templates) Article content Lead section (also called the introduction) Table of contents; Body (see below for specialized layout) Appendices [6] [c] Works or publications (for biographies only ...
A template is a Wikipedia page created to be included in other pages. It usually contains repetitive material that may need to show up on multiple articles or pages, often with customizable input. Templates sometimes use MediaWiki parser functions, nicknamed "magic words", a simple scripting language. Template pages are found in the template ...
A short description, with the {{Short description}} template; A disambiguation hatnote, most of the time with the {} template (see also Wikipedia:Hatnote § Hatnote templates) No-output templates that indicate the article's established date format and English-language variety, if any (e.g., {{Use dmy dates}}, {{Use Canadian English}})
For templates identifying potential issues with an article's introductory lead section, see Category:Introduction cleanup maintenance templates or Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup#Introduction. {{See introduction}}, the counterpart for use at the main article {{Simple help page}}, an editnotice for use in the WP: and Help: namespaces