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+exports.name = "Avoid single-sentence paragraphs";
+exports.description = "The number of single-sentence paragraphs should be minimized.";
+
+exports.rule = function(report) {
+  var sentenceBoundary = /[.?!](?:(?:\[\d+\])|['"])*(?:\s|$)/gm;
+
+  $5('#mw-content-text p').each(function(i, p) {
+    var $p         = $(p);
+    var text       = $.trim($p.text());
+    var boundaries = text && text.match(sentenceBoundary);
+    if (boundaries && boundaries.length === 1) {
+      report.warning('Paragraph with only one sentence: "' + text +'"', p);
+    }
+  });
+};