Talk:W. P. Mahoney

Lead
As MOS:LEAD reads, "The lead serves as an introduction to the article and a summary of its most important contents...The lead should stand on its own as a concise overview of the article's topic. It should identify the topic, establish context, explain why the topic is notable, and summarize the most important points, including any prominent controversies." Clearly the person's death is an important part of their life, and should be mentioned in the lead, but EVERYTHING in the lead should be in the body of the article, since the lead is a summary of body.  Onel 5969  TT me 11:52, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree that the lead is a summary of the article. The lead begins: W. P. Mahoney (1882 – July 31, 1967) was an American lawyer and politician.... Thus the lifespan is clearly established right off the bat. I see no good reason to again mention the year of death at the end of the lead: it's redundant and rather trivial (the death was not particularly noteworthy: everyone dies). Don't you think it would be redundant if the lead read: "W. P. Mahoney (1882 – July 31, 1967) was an American lawyer and politician. He was born in 1882 and died in 1967."? Look at the leads of George Washington, William Shakespeare, Charles Darwin, and most other biographies: unless the death is particularly noteworthy (assassinations, disappearances, controversies, etc.) there's no good reason to pedantically repeat "he died" when said fact (and date) is already indicated in the very first sentence. --Animalparty! (talk) 20:01, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I probably included the "He died in 1967" part by mistake while rewriting the lead. It would be fine to remove it. I must have overlooked it while restructuring the article's chronology. Jon698 (talk) 20:12, 28 June 2022 (UTC)