Wikipedia talk:Good lede
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Prognosis belongs with treatment[edit]
Prognosis is a direct result of treatment. Therefore, it makes more sense to put that in the same lead paragraph as treatment. A sensible flow is "Treatment options for Scary Cancer include surgery and extensive chemotherapy. 50% of people with Scary Cancer die within two years, but the prognosis is better for those who are diagnosed at an earlier stage and receive full treatment". It doesn't usually make sense to interrupt this with a paragraph break and a statement that Scary Cancer is found mostly in purple dragons with a median age of 65 years and a history of exposure to dragonsbane (or whatever the relevant demographic information is). WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:32, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
Citations in the lede[edit]
This guide presumes more citations in the lede than many other Wikipedians would like.
- Manual of Style on Lead Section
- Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Medicine/Archive_71#Citations_in_lead_-_new_tools_-_propose_again - one discussion at WikiProject Medicine
I favor the use of citations for all content presented in Wikipedia. If it happens that this style guide for medical article leads needs comments on the matter, then I would join the discussion. I think there is more to say that has not been said before. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:04, 18 March 2016 (UTC)
What is this?[edit]
This appears to be a kind of proposal for an initiative that never got off the ground. Should this be marked as historical, moved into the WP Medicine space, or deleted? czar 06:55, 28 November 2022 (UTC)