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)

Is there an inline version of this template?

I want to tag a single sentence in the article International Phonetic Alphabet, but this template doesn't let me specify the problem, plus I feel like a cleanup banner is too much for a single problematic sentence. Is there an inline version I could use instead, similar to {{not verified in body}}? — W.andrea (talk) 11:24, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

Never mind, it turns out {{not verified in body}} was in fact appropriate. — W.andrea (talk) 13:29, 23 May 2025 (UTC)