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 :Can the Bot do a mass wipe of the intro for all DWMs? of does it need to be done by hand? If by hand, we can start by getting rid of both date and month and leaving the year, and then we can work on trying to get the date. I think having the publication date is a really good thing to lead with for DWM. [[User:Mini-mitch|MM]]/<small>[[User talk:Mini-mitch|Want to talk?]]</small> 21:43, April 6, 2012 (UTC)
+::Could it do a mass ''wipe'' of the intro?  Sure.  But the point of the exercise isn't to wipe it.  It's to ''change'' it.  I think you're not quite understanding what needs to be done.  All we have to do is to change the wording slightly.  The information is actually on the page, conveniently to hand in the infobox.  Whatcha do is take the cover date from the infobox and work it into a lead sentence like the ones given upthread.  There's no need to "start by getting rid of both the date and month", "leaving the year", and then "work on" trying to get the date. The date's on the page already, just not in the lead.  No research is called for.
+::However, that said, the leads should be bigger than just, "Hey, this is what it says on the cover about the date."  So a part of the virtue of doing this by hand is that we might actually be able to beef up the leads. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}}&nbsp;<span style="{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}">05:14: Sun&nbsp;08 Apr 2012&nbsp;</span>