Obamas Assassination of a US Citizen posts refers to this edit Okey dokey  What are the objections of substance  Thanks    I dont think it belong sin the lead There might be room for mentioning something similar somewhere in the body of the article not sure where though    Really  Why not  Its pretty darned important in terms of World History arguably far far far more important than any trade deals Obama made which appear higher in the lead  So  the question is  if youre not sure where it should go what are you sure about vis a vis Obama his assassination of an American citizen and wikipedias reflection of that fact  Ill bet you dollars to donuts Choyool that historians will remember and write about that assassination much much much much longer and in much much much more detail than any trade deals  In fact youve convinced me  In terms of importance it trumps the trade deals  Objections  Thanks    See WPLEAD eg the lead is supposed to be a brief summary of what is said in the body of the article What historians will write in the future is not for us to determine WPCRYSTAL I am not too heavily involved in writing this article so Id delegate that to others to give some pointers as to where exactly it could go or be mentioned if at all    Settdigger theres no need to be vitriolic about this  Theres a really important technical reason it cant be in the lead  Because the lead is supposed to be a summarization of the highlights of the article  In terms of importance I dont think it belongs there because in terms of coverage it doesnt appear to have sufficient weight compared to other parts of his biography  However as Seb mentioned above it probably has a place elsewhere  You might also consider adding it to Presidency of Barack Obama as this directly relates to his actions as President  note not a bot   So you have strong opinions but youre not heavily involved All right What is a lead an introduction Is a lead always a summary of what appears below Maybe in high school essays Not in professional writing Also I agree with you wholeheartedly I am not only not interested in determining what future historians will write because its impossible I have no idea what they will write nor do you for sure But we can make educated guesses cant we For a president the wiki page its a lot more than a bio page Its a piece of history And guess what were obviously historians too  Ones mans vitriol is another mans passion     If you would like to have a discussion on changing Wikipedias manual of style you can do so  WPMOS not here     Indeed Also a more historical page in which the material would probably fit better is Presidency of Barack Obama Certainly the material doesnt belong in the lead here WPUNDUE WPLEAD  whether it deserves a mention in the body of the article is something that can be discussed here Merely reinserting it will lead to it being reverted please also see WPEW Thanks     I note that neither page mentions the assassination  Clearly the assassination needs to be mentioned in both  Clearly despite a curious discussion of technical reasons and what historians might do we do have an obligation to reflect historical fact  Now  The lead serves as an introduction to the article and a summary of its most important aspects     Okay      This is the paragraph that immediately precedes my proposed edit   As president Obama signed economic stimulus legislation in the form of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of  and the Tax Relief Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Ac