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This article is a nontechnical introduction to the subject. For the main encyclopedia article, see [[{{{1}}}]].

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"Template:Introduction" redirects here; not to be confused with Template:Introduction to Wikipedia, Template:Introduction/navigation, or Template:Introduction cleanup maintenance templates.

This template should be used on introductory articles, that serve as a general presentation to some technical topic. It takes one input variable, the title of the main encyclopaedia article. For example,

{{Introductory article|Quantum mechanics}} produces:

This article is a nontechnical introduction to the subject. For the main encyclopedia article, see Quantum mechanics.

A second main article is supported. e.g.

{{Introductory article|Quantum mechanics|Uncertainty principle}} produces:

This article is a nontechnical introduction to the subject. For the main encyclopedia articles, see Quantum mechanics and Uncertainty principle.

To customize the first sentence of the leadin text, an optional |leadin= parameter can be used:

{{Introductory article|Quantum mechanics|leadin=This article is an less detailed introduction to the subject.}} produces:

This article is a less detailed introduction to the subject. For the main encyclopedia article, see Quantum mechanics.

The template puts the article automatically into Category:Introductory articles ( 10 ).

For the main article, place {{See introduction}} at the top.

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