Hi
I'm a french student, finishing his master in Political Sciences in Toulouse.
I am quite new at editing (approx. 100 edits so far) so if you see me doing something wrong, even if it is a detail, please tell me. Grammar Nazis are also welcome as my english is average and I am looking forward to improving ;d.
The
lead section is an essential
summary of an article, located above the first heading.
In the source text (the text in the edit window), a heading looks like this:
== This is a heading ==
The lead section is a very important part of every article. The length should correspond to the overall length of the article: an article of 50,000 characters might well have a three paragraph lead, while one of 15,000 or less should limit itself to one or two paragraphs. The text should give a good overview of the article, but it should also get the reader hooked and interested in learning more. Take a look at some
featured articles for inspiration.
It is often a good idea to align a representative image with the lead by placing [[File:Filename.jpg|thumb|caption]] just before the first heading. (Filename is the name of the desired file and caption is a description of the image).
Hi
I'm a french student, finishing his master in Political Sciences in Toulouse.
I am quite new at editing (approx. 100 edits so far) so if you see me doing something wrong, even if it is a detail, please tell me. Grammar Nazis are also welcome as my english is average and I am looking forward to improving ;d.
The
lead section is an essential
summary of an article, located above the first heading.
In the source text (the text in the edit window), a heading looks like this:
== This is a heading ==
The lead section is a very important part of every article. The length should correspond to the overall length of the article: an article of 50,000 characters might well have a three paragraph lead, while one of 15,000 or less should limit itself to one or two paragraphs. The text should give a good overview of the article, but it should also get the reader hooked and interested in learning more. Take a look at some
featured articles for inspiration.
It is often a good idea to align a representative image with the lead by placing [[File:Filename.jpg|thumb|caption]] just before the first heading. (Filename is the name of the desired file and caption is a description of the image).