Template:Lead rewrite

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Usage

Place {{Lead rewrite|date=January 2026}} at the top of articles where the lead section needs to be rewritten.

Please give the reason re-write is needed on the talk page or in the reason parameter, like this:

{{Lead rewrite|reason=It is a jumble of sentence fragments}}

{{Lead rewrite|reason=No definition is provided}}

Notes

• This template will categorize tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia introduction cleanup and Category:Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify.

TemplateData

<templatedata> {

   "description": "A banner to indicate that a lead section of article needs to be rewritten.",
   "params": {
       "date": {
           "label": "Date",
           "description": "Month and year when the template was added to the article",
           "autovalue": "{{SUBST:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{SUBST:CURRENTYEAR}}",
           "example": "November 2018",
           "type": "string",
           "required": true
       }
   }

} </templatedata>

• This template contains a self-reference (it refers to Wikipedia in its contents).
• This template should not be substituted. Bots rely on the transcluded form for dating and categorisation.