User:Fabius Planciades Fulgentius

The Lehigh Tunnel on the Pennsylvania Turnpike carrying Interstate 476. Note the different tunnel styles.

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Lead Section Size

The lead section of a Wikipedia article is the section before the first heading. The table of contents, if displayed, generally appears between the lead section and the first subheading.

Rule of thumb: If a topic deserves a heading or subheading, then it deserves short mention in the lead.

The lead section should contain up to four paragraphs, depending on the length of the article, and should provide a preview of the main points the article will make, summarizing the primary reasons the subject matter is interesting or notable. The lead should be capable of standing alone as a concise overview of the article, should be written in a clear and accessible style, should be carefully sourced like the rest of the text, and should encourage the reader to want to read more. The following table has some general guidelines for the length of the lead section:

< 15,000 characters	medium size	> 30,000 characters
one or two paragraphs	two or three paragraphs	three or four paragraphs

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About Me

I edit across a wide variety of topics, with a focus on the structure, practices and composition of various institutions, and more generally across topics encompassing education, religion, history, and politics.

My Edits

Besides my contributions on this account, I have edited loads of stuff without being logged in. Here are some of edits I have made (more or less all edits on these IP addresses are mine, as far as I am aware):


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Things to look at in the future

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