or give another version a shot for at least a day or two. 
 :Incidentally, the idea is that the lead should briefly summarize the most important points covered in an article in such a way that it could stand on its own as a concise version of the article.  It's not necessary to meet that goal in the first paragraph, just the holistic lead.  I don't wish to war here I just think that if you're going to do something like a revert again you should at least integrate wording repairs