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== Cutting the lead ==
 
While the lead was clear and very nice in wording, it was way too long, so I cut it so it has max. 4 paragraphs and should fit in 1 screen. It can be still shrinked a bit, however I don't think simply removing more content from the lead would be any good. In my opinion the better approach would be to put more work into enlarging "Overview" section, so some informations just won't be needed in the lead anymore. So if someone is inclined to make a longer general introduction, please do it in this section. I will happily make further compactification of the lead. -- [[User:Kocio|kocio]] ([[User talk:Kocio|talk]]) 14:54, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
:One thing to be aware of is that [[WP:LEAD]] also requires that the lead reflects the content of the article.[[User:TimothyRias|TimothyRias]] ([[User talk:TimothyRias|talk]]) 15:37, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
:: For me "how long is the lead?" and "is it a good summary?" are two somehow orthogonal questions. The {{t|Lead too short}} template currently includes the summary problem, however in my opinion "may not adequately summarize its contents" doesn't always mean "expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of the article's key points". It's rather a problem of consistency with the rest of the article, not the length of the lead, even if it's related most of the time. In case of such a big and non-obvious article someone really should overlook the whole article and make a new lead out of it to satisfy both rules, which is unfortunately far beyond my skills. [[User:Kocio|kocio]] ([[User talk:Kocio|talk]]) 10:48, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
== Consciousness as vibrating strings ==