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This wording of the intro is better I think:
The reason it is better is because it's about Ash Wednesday and not about Lent. There's a link to Lent if the reader wants more info on that.Dr. Zaius 1976 (talk) 13:46, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
The introduction describes Lent as the "six weeks of penitence before Easter". Should it not also say that Lent is a time of fasting? Vorbee (talk) 09:02, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
While fasting as a specific penitential practice or discipline may be encouraged by some denominations, it is by no means universal. This is an area where privileging a group's particular practice leads to obscuring the overall theme of the day. The article about Lent is the place for listing various ways to observe Lent. Bikerbudmatt (talk) 17:21, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
User:Desmay, thank you for restoring a more stable version of the article. It looks like while no one was looking, someone went through and changed every instance of "Christian" in this article to "Catholic", even in website citations such as christiantoday.com to catholictoday.com! I agree that major changes to the intro need to be hashed out here rather than made abruptly. --1990'sguy (talk) 04:22, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
I am perplexed that in all of the talk about the tradition, the variations in the ritual, the various churches that recognize Ash Wednesday, the ash itself and the cross placed on the forehead of a worshipper, that no one mentions the "Why?" 2601:282:1985:7BC0:D05A:4E4E:1340:FA8B (talk) 20:27, 22 February 2023 (UTC)