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Berean Hunter(talk) 03:02, 15 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Please preview, consolidate, and summarize
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Erictalk 19:27, 16 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Plot enhancements
I saw all your edits on
The Man Trap and although I applaud the work you've done, I personally feel we shouldn't be writing the level of detail that you are providing. Typically, the plot summary should be enough for a lay person to understand what the episode is about without providing so much detail that it becomes an actual story in itself. I'm not undoing any of your work, but I would hope you might consider my views before moving on to each episode and doing the same.
StarHOG (
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I think they're all too long. @
Jim, there is an easier way to create internal wikilinks. The most basic is to wrap an article title in double brackets, e.g.
The Naked Time.
@
StarHOG: You have a point but is there a consensus regarding how short or long the plot section should be or it's your personal opinion?
castorbailey (
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Also, have you looked over
WP:TALKPAGE? It provides guidance on such things as indentation and signing posts.
Erictalk 17:26, 17 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Looks like a few posts in here got mixed up inside other posts or were without signatures. My only post was the initial one and this one. In my opinion, the plot summary shoudl be a summary, not the story in detail. If a person wants to know details, quotes, trivia, then they should watch the episode. I have seen a few of these longer plot sections and there is a tendency for the editor to veer off into speculation and original research. A fantastic example is on the
Charlie X page from a few months ago. I don't know if I did this link right, but if you look at these edits
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Charlie_X&diff=911441507&oldid=911391994 you can see that the editor is speculating what Janice's thoughts were when she cried and I think is a great example of a plot synopsis moving in to the realm of story writing.
StarHOG (
Talk) 14:43, 18 December 2019 (UTC)reply
@
StarHOG: OK, but I didn't speculate in Man Trap. So my issue is do you know if there is some consensus or WP policy regarding how short or long the plot sections should be or this is just your personal opinion. I ask it because you have a valid argument but I wouldn't want to edit longer plots down and get attacked for deleting stuff.
castorbailey (
talk) 19:54, 18 December 2019 (UTC)reply
No, please, these are only my opinions. I've edited just about every TOS episode page and did a lot of trimming. If editors think stuff should be added, then add away. I just wanted to voice my thoughts, sprinkle a little caution from experience, and help out where I can.
StarHOG (
Talk) 20:18, 18 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Sorry for jumping in here, but I still had your talk page on my watchlist from our conversation. Remember that a facebook page is a 1st party source, so really nothing should come from a facebook page. Be seeing you! I'm removing the watch, so if you need me, hit me on my talk page or ping me. Thanks again for all your edits on TOS.
StarHOG (
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@
StarHOG: No need to be sorry, thanks for the help. I see you are a long time editor so I could have asked you in the first place too. Could you explain why an article that quotes someone is considered reliable source for wiki but a comment by a person with a verified account on facebook is not? I am talking about citing such a comment to prove that the person indeed made such a comment not to prove that something that person said indeed happened to someone else. Even then facebook can't be used a source?
castorbailey (
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Please don't create chains of links
Please review
WP:SEAOFBLUE; it's generally more confusing than helpful to readers to add links between existing links. Thanks, and Happy Holidays!
DonIago (
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@
Doniago: OK so you think I should create this link instead
Federation starship Enterprise that would lead to the Enterprise's page where users can see additional link to starship and Federation?
castorbailey (
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If you're planning to mass-edit, I think it might be worth asking for guidance at the appropriate project. It's possible this question has come up before and the current way it's handled is based on a prior consensus; if not, this might be a chance to establish one. Hope this helps!
DonIago (
talk) 17:00, 25 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Unfortunately none of the talk pages related to Star Trek discussed this issue. But having separate links for each word is indeed
WP:SEAOFBLUE but it would still be good to inform the reader that there are dedicated pages for all three subjects, the Federation, starships and the Enterprise itself. I don't see a better solution than to created this link
Federation starship Enterprise . Do you have a better idea?
castorbailey (
talk) 03:10, 26 December 2019 (UTC)reply
I meant you could ask at
Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Trek, which is likely referenced at each of the Talk pages of the ST articles you've been working on. :)
DonIago (
talk) 03:31, 26 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Unfortunately there is nothing about this issue on
Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Trek either. Should I ping editors on the project's talk page and ask them about this? Ironically the project's page has a chain of links in the very first paragraph as each of these is a separate link:
science fiction/
fantasytelevision seriescastorbailey (
talk) 05:42, 26 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Raising the question on the project's talk page was where I was going with this, yes. I think I can clean up that particular sea as well.
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Hammelsmith's comment is left hanging there because you removed your comment.
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I removed it because it repeated a question I asked from other editors and Hammelsmith did not answer it. Hammelsmith addressed me personally so I thought it would be OK to remove it. I will revert and only delete the repeated question. Is that OK?
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Greetings, Jimcastor! I have reverted your changes to this article, mostly due to
MOSCOMMA. One involved an Oxford comma, which as a rule we do not alter unless its presence (or absence) causes confusion amongst readers. The second change could cause that very confusion (for example: 'Person A is X and Y and Z' would be three separate entities, while 'Person A is X, and Y and Z' pairs Y and Z together). The third removed a comma from a quotation, which is incorrect in any event. The additional change, 'her family areis all musical theatre actors', is grammatically accurate, but clunky—I've changed it to 'her family members are all'.
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Of course it makes no sense that Martok has his own page and Weyoun does not but both should have theirs so I hope Martok will stay. Is there any chance to get back Weyoun? Redirect is not sufficient. He is a very notable character he has his own page is 8 other languages
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