Place {{Lead too long|date=September 2024}} at the top of articles with more than four paragraphs or an otherwise inordinate amount of content in their lead section.

Most Wikipedia:Featured articles have a lead length of approximately 250 to 400 words, which suggests that this tag is likely inappropriate unless the lead substantially exceeds that length.

Use {{lead rewrite}} instead of this template if the lead is not unreasonably long but needs to be re-written to focus on the most important information.

• This template will categorize tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia introduction cleanup.

A banner to indicate that a lead section of article should be reduced, as it is longer than what is recommended, relative to the length of the article.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Date	date	Month and year when the template was added to the article Example November 2018 Auto value {{SUBST:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{SUBST:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	required

• 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.