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Drmargi and I (and perhaps others) have removed/reverted the addition of unsourced detail to the Setting section which constitutes original research. The IP editor in question has stated clearly in this edit summary and this one that they are interpreting prop maps and flags seen onscreen to build content. There are details and explanations being added that are not points covered in plot events or dialogue, which means they require sources to establish notability. This editor has been re-adding this information using various IPs for about a month, one of which 69.65.90.61 ( talk · contribs) is currently blocked for edit warring in this article. I have asked this editor via edit summary and on the most recent talk page to find and provide reliable external sources that discuss the extended facts. If they are not notable enough to be mentioned by reliable sources, they are not notable enough for inclusion here. I also invite the IP to discuss potential additions to the article here to avoid further disruption. Thanks.— TAnthony Talk 19:07, 24 April 2019 (UTC)
OK: the episode list for the first two seasons has potted summaries.
The last two episode lists, don’t.
Could someone who’s better at summarising these thing, please correct this?
It seems blatantly inconsistent. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cuddy2977 ( talk • contribs) 22:31, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
Some of these summaries are a bit too summary, in that they don't really tell you what happened. For example, "Juliana makes a startling discovery about her sister's death." Well, what was it? "The pieces finally fall into place for Smith, as he uncovers who was behind the assassination attempt." Who was it? There's too much of this kind of thing. There's no point in writing plot summaries without spoilers in them, because people who want to avoid spoilers won't be reading this. Richard75 ( talk) 13:14, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
I know there's a bit of a tug-of-war going on in articles like this between people who argue spoilers are fair game and people who want all spoilers removed. I don't really want to get into that, but I wonder if it is really strictly necessary in the cast list to put "seasons 1-3" (or whatever) in brackets after each actor. It's basically a spoiler by stealth because in the vast majority of cases it just means "this character dies in season 3".
If this is a genuine consensus view - i.e. we should have spoilers in the cast section - then that's one thing, but the way all the cast summaries are written is spoiler-free so it's like we've decided not to put spoilers in this section but effectively included them anyway with the season appearances. I think it's worth having a real discussion about what this section is trying to do. Do we want spoilers in this section or not? If we don't then the season appearances should really be removed, if we do want spoilers then there's no reason not to include more detailed descriptions in the summaries of characters. 119.24.200.63 ( talk) 23:59, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
i wanted to read synopsis (for re-cap of past series), but bot read a novel! these summaries are far to large and cluttered with inadequate details. unusable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.71.47.44 ( talk) 07:57, 4 March 2021 (UTC)