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The primary purpose of a Wikipedia lead/lede is not to summarize the topic, but to summarize the content of the article. It should prepare the reader for whatever is in the body of the article, get them interested in the content, and inspire them to read the whole article.# The lead should be one to four paragraphs in length, and should answer most or all of the 5 Ws. Good articles start with a brief lead section (WP:CREATELEAD) introducing the topic. The lead section should come above the first header; it is almost never useful to add something like ==Introduction==. The primary purpose of a Wikipedia lead/lede is not to summarize the topic, but to summarize the content of the article. It should prepare the reader for whatever is in the body of the article, get them interested in the content, and inspire them to read the whole article. The lead should be one to four paragraphs in length, and should answer most or all of the 5 Ws.

Heading
Headings help clarify articles and create a structure shown in the table of contents.

Subheading 1
Here is a link in the subheading section.

Another Subheading 1
Paragraphs should be short enough to be readable, but long enough to develop an idea.

Here is a sentence that has a citation. Once you have the Visual Editor turned on (see below), it is very easy to add citations.

Another Heading
You should make sure that you turn on the visual editor in the "Beta Features" part of your user page. To use the visual editor, click "edit" instead of "edit source." TIP: remember to click SAVE PAGE when making edits in the visual editor, since I often forget to save my changes!

Secondly, in the "Gadgets" tab, click "display assessment of article at the top." By viewing the assessment on an article, you can see which articles need work (stubs, starters, C-class, etc.) and which articles are polished (B-class and A-class).

Article topic and sources due Thursday 2/11
In your Sandbox, please type the citation information for at least two sources you can use in your Wikipedia article by 2/11.