Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-25075055-20140203153514/@comment-10353597-20140208185852

Dovahsebrom wrote: ゆ wrote:  Quoting Wikipedia's definition of a lead, " The  lead section   (also known as the  lead ,  introduction   or  intro ) of a Wikipedia article is the  section  before the  table of contents  and the first  heading . The lead serves as an introduction to the article and a summary of its most important aspects. "

Emphasis on, "A summary of its most important aspects", it should definitely have all of the important stuff in the lead, so it shouldn't be too short, however, it shouldn't have anymore than that. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here, that word for word describes my lead-in on Vivec (God). Wikipedia intros as you said, summarize the most important parts of the page; this will be long if there is alot to summarize.

If you don't believe me look at the lead to this wikipedia page World War II.

Speysider is trying to cut down my intro to very little info and I will not stand for that. Incorrect, it's being proposed that the information be moved to a background section, the information you added will remain the same. Plus, while it's true that the WWII has a massive lead, the subject matter is actually significantly larger than the example we've been given (Vivec (God)), and anyway, if you look at one of the featured articles here on the wiki:

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Neloth_(Dragonborn)

The lead is only two paragraphs long, with the basic information all being there (Name, abridged version of background, description, location, equipment), that's how it should be.