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I see there's been an attempt to make the lead highly technical, complete with a mass of WP:SEAOFBLUE wikilinks and even the promotion of a clade name to be the first word of the lead. This may therefore be an apposite moment to remind science editors that the lead section is both a summary of the article body, and a gentle introduction, not a place for a mass of technicality.
The summary bit means that the lead must only summarize what the article says, and reliably cites; it must not introduce anything 'new'. WP:LEAD has the gory details.
The gentle introduction bit means that the lead, especially the first paragraph, and more especially the first sentence, must be intentionally simple, so that new readers who have no idea of the article's topic are not overwhelmed in a wave of complexity as they take a quick look on the tiny screen of whatever device they may be using. Actually, the whole article – the whole of Wikipedia – is meant to wear its knowledge lightly; the goal is to be helpful and clear, not just accurate. The lead is a slightly special case, as it is desirable to be simple and welcoming even at the expense of ignoring exceptions and special cases. Such complexity is a matter for some subsection of the article body, not the lead. By the same token, common names are preferred to polysyllabic graeco-latinates, in the lead as in article titles, and the lead must of course match the article's title immediately above. WP:COMMONNAME tells the tale. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:59, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]