Lately it seems like preposterously long entries, complete with multi-paragraph "quotes" from other entries/articles, have been proliferating with wild abandon on this website. I think I speak for many people here when I say KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid. Overlong articles waste my precious time, which is why I ignore them. And there is no post so complex that the essence can't be boiled down to one or two paragraphs, and the whole into a short article (which I might add is something that real journalists do on a daily basis).
Frankly I wouldn't be complaining except that by putting such articles on the main page you're making it tedious to scan the headlines. At the very least, if you have a lot to say put it in the extended entry and summarize the key points in the main entry. Thank you.