Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Lead section: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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# '''Oppose'''. This goes too far in the other direction, and in some cases (e.g. basically any article about a controversial subject), there may be a good reason to put citations in the lead. [[User:Epicgenius|Epicgenius]] ([[User talk:Epicgenius|talk]]) 21:15, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

=== No change: Editors may do either, but should not switch without a good reason ===

# '''Support'''. This is by far the easiest approach. [[User:Closed Limelike Curves|– Closed Limelike Curves]] ([[User talk:Closed Limelike Curves|talk]]) 19:51, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

#'''Weak support''', although not sure on "should not switch without a good reason". We realistically should make it clear that citations are optional ''only'' if the information in question is already cited in the body. If a claim is not sourced or mentioned in the body, it should be sourced in the lead, added to the body with a source, tagged with {{tl|citation needed lead}}, or removed. [[User:Epicgenius|Epicgenius]] ([[User talk:Epicgenius|talk]]) 21:15, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

=== No change, leave MOS:CITELEAD as it is ===

# '''Support'''. None of the other options makes sense under all circumstances, and no change is needed. [[User:Gawaon|Gawaon]] ([[User talk:Gawaon|talk]]) 21:17, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

# '''Support'''. I think a clarification of the MOS:CITELEAD guideline might be warranted (see my comment under "Editors may do either, but should not switch without a good reason"), but I don't think either requiring or banning lead citations would be helpful at this time. [[User:Epicgenius|Epicgenius]] ([[User talk:Epicgenius|talk]]) 21:25, 26 August 2024 (UTC)