Let's understand each other 

Sicilianmandolin, the info in the first paragraph is not at all promotional. If you really want to still keep away the info that you deleted, I will accept that, even though I do not understand why, however I will not allow anyone to just delete info in the first paragraph as it is now. It is, as I said, promotional. All first paragraphs of other nations are equally as 'promotional' (as you say) and captivating. Wikipedia, I agree, is not a tourist brochure, yet you always include the best achievements of the country in the intro. 

Also, what I mean by 'attacking' Italy-related articles is that many people seem to not want pages to change and there is constant edit-wars, reverting and deleting. Rather than deleting disputable info, I believe that it is better to improve it, rather than revertion. As I've only edited a few Italian articles, it could be only concerning those pages, but that's what I see in that.

Ok, let's just leave the intro as it is now. If you want sources for the info you deleted, I could go and find some. Also, if you look on the Italy talk page, you'll see that there is a discussion about adding more info on Italy's culture, art and literature. As you said the article needs drastic improvement, your Italian knowledge could help our project immensly. 

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