Editing Encyclopedia:Glossary (section)

==L==

;{{Vanchor|Language link}}
: ''See {{slink||Interwiki}}.''
;{{Vanchor|Laundry list}}
: ''See [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Laundromat]].''
;{{Vanchor|Lead}}, Lede
: The introduction or "lead paragraph" of a Wikipedia article; the section before the table of contents and first heading.
;{{Vanchor|LCV}}, {{Vanchor|LGV}}
: Edit summary abbreviation for Last Correct Version or Last Good Version (typically after a series of problematic edits).
;{{Vanchor|Lightweight source}}
: A source that only performs basic or token fact-checking; it should not be used to cite exceptional claims.
;{{Vanchor|Link}}
: ''See '''[[Help:Menu/Links]]'''.''{{Clarify|reason=Put a definition here; too tedious to read that whole page looking for this phrase.}}
;{{Anchor|"Link farm"}}Link farm
: Link farms are articles or sections of articles consisting entirely of external or internal links. Some pages consisting of internal links are acceptable (such as disambiguation pages and list articles); others are likely to be candidates for deletion, as are any consisting entirely of external links.
;{{Anchor|"Link rot"}}Link rot
: Because websites change over time, many external links from Wikipedia to other sites cannot be guaranteed to remain active. When an article's links becomes outdated and no longer work, the article is said to have undergone ''[[link rot]]''.
;{{Anchor|"List article"|"List"}}List, list article
: ''See '''[[Wikipedia:Lists]]'''.''
;{{Anchor|Listcruft}}Listcruft
: ''See {{slink||Cruft}}.''
;{{Anchor|"Listify"}}Listify
: To delete a category and turn the contents into a list. Sometimes used in {{slink||CFD}} discussions as shorthand for "this group of articles would be better if presented as a list, rather than as a category".
;{{Vanchor|Lk}}
: Landmarks: Major landmarks; also used as an abbreviation for "link" (see above).
;{{Vanchor|LTA}}
: [[WP:Long-term abuse|Long Term Abuse]].
;{{Vanchor|Lugo}}
: A meme associated with stagnation or the lack of sufficient updates on the [[Main page]]. It originated from an incident in 2008, when an image of President of Paraguay [[Fernando Lugo]] stayed up on the [[Template:In the news|In the news]] section for well over a week. ''See also: [[Wikipedia:Lugo's law]] and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-01-31/Dispatches]]{{snd}}Wikipedia Signpost article on the process and history of ''In the news.
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