Template:Introductory article

This article is an accessible, non-technical introduction to the subject. For the main encyclopedia article, see [[{{{1}}}]].

Template documentation

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Template:Introduction redirects to this template. See also:

• Template:Introduction to Wikipedia
• Template:Introduction cleanup maintenance templates

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This template should be used on articles that serve as general introductions to some technical topic, also known as trampoline articles. It takes one input variable, the title of the main encyclopaedia article. For example,

{{introduction|Quantum mechanics}} produces This article is intended as a general non-technical introduction. For the main encyclopedia article, please see Quantum mechanics.

For the main article, place {{seeintro}} at the top.

See also

For templates identifying potential issues with an article's introductory lead section, see Category:Introduction cleanup maintenance templates or Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup#Introduction.