User talk:196.22.207.77

Venomous snake
Hi, in your last edit summary you seem to be frustrated that editors are removing your addition. I have no doubt that your edit was made in good faith (as noted in my edit summary when I removed it); however, it was unsourced, and not relevant at that point in the article.

The purpose of the first sentence of the lead sentence is to explain, as succinctly as possible, what the article's subject is. The article is called 'venomous snakes' - the first sentence should therefore explain in simple terms what is meant by that phrase. Inserting information about some snakes being poisonous does not help in that goal, which is why it has been removed.

I doubt whether anyone would object to the creation of a section on poisonous snakes to the body of this article, provided it was reliable sourced; once that was done, it could be mentioned further down the lead. Sticking random unsourced assertions into the first sentence of the lead isn't the best way to go about writing a good article however. Girth Summit  (blether) 12:24, 8 January 2019 (UTC)