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Release history table seems unnecessary

The release history table seems excessively long - it takes up nearly half the total vertical height of the article, and it seems to violate WP:NOTCHANGELOG. I'm not sure what the best practices are for removing sections like that which is why I haven't done it myself, but I wanted to draw attention to it at least. 64.67.144.111 (talk) 22:10, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lead paragraph

Modern reviews of office suites dismiss LibreOffice for only supporting Windows, macOS and Linux; Because other office suites support mobile and online as well. Reviews seem to go out of their way to state this (here is yet another review...), Reddit users who appear genuine also say this. I believe the lead paragraph for LibreOffice needs a refresh because WikiPedia readers are being misinformed when skimming the article as well.

Solution: Update the lead paragraph to say something similar to:

LibreOffice (/ˈliːbrə/) is a free and open-source office suite that runs on desktops; Online solutions for the web, apps for tablets, smartphones and Chromebooks are provided by ecosystem partners utilising LibreOffice Technology. LibreOffice is a product of The Document Foundation (TDF), forked in 2010 from OpenOffice.org, an open-sourced version of the earlier StarOffice.

Considerations:

Most people know what applications are in an office suite nowadays.
When hovering a pointer over the word "LibreOffice" the lead paragraph is displayed, or as much as will fit, something similar occurs with web search results, and AI too.
The rest of the current 1st paragraph could be moved into a new paragraph or another section, such as History.
Similar lead paragraph modernisation would benefit the 3 Wikipedia articles for Writer, Calc and Draw.

Updated: 12think (talk) 14:59, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]