the lead should be able to stand alone as a concise overview of the article it should define the topic establish context explain why the subject is interesting or notable and summarize the most important points including any notable controversies the emphasis given to material in the lead should roughly reflect its importance to the topic according to reliable published sources emph added as a rough estimate of the references of koenig have been since his disappearance in january and i am willing to bet that there will be scant few pieces of coverage of him and his work in the future which do not include coverage of his death on what do you base your claim that his death and disappearance are negligable importance to the topic of his life mm