https://elite.mistflux.co.uk/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=84.217.39.0%2F24Elite Dangerous Wiki - User contributions [en-gb]2026-11-01T06:33:45ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.46.2https://elite.mistflux.co.uk/w/index.php?title=Template:Long_plot/doc&diff=128806Template:Long plot/doc2025-10-11T08:10:32Z<p>84.217.39.2: having to click through two or three policy related articles just to get to the actual numbers is tedious, confusing and unneccessary; we can link directly to the two most common passages</p>
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The objective of a summary is to condense a large amount of information into a short, accessible format. It is not to reproduce the experience of reading or watching the story, nor to cover every detail. For those who have not read or seen the story, it should serve as a general overview of the major points. For those who have, it should be detailed enough to refresh their memory—no more.<br />
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Considering this template's common usage to indicate a plot summary exceeds Wikipedia's policy on word count, two relevant sections of the Manual of Style are {{slink|WP:Manual of Style/Film|Plot}} and {{slink|WP:Manual of Style/Novels|Plot}}, which say say that plot summaries for feature films or full length novels should be between 400 and 700 words.<br />
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This template will categorise tagged articles into [[:Category:Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention]]. This [[Wikipedia:Template|template]] is a [[Wikipedia:Avoid self-references|self-reference]]. This template should not be [[Wikipedia:Subst|substituted]]. You can determine the lengths of television episode summaries or a film summary by running the following [[User:AlexTheWhovian/script-plotlength|script]].<br />
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== Usage ==<br />
This template can refer to a section (or another article part), instead of the default ''article'':<br />
:<code><nowiki>{{Long plot|section}}</nowiki></code><br />
:<code><nowiki>{{Long plot|1=paragraph}}</nowiki></code><br />
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This template can be dated:<br />
:<code><nowiki>{{Long plot|</nowiki>date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code><br />
:<code><nowiki>{{Long plot|section|</nowiki>date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code><br />
If the date is left off a [[WP:BOT|bot]] will add it.<br />
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If the article contains multiple plot summaries, use {{para|plural|yes}}.<br />
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== Redirects ==<br />
* {{Tl|Plot}}<br />
* {{Tl|Long plot summary}}<br />
* {{Tl|Less plot}}<br />
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== TemplateData ==<br />
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<templatedata><br />
{<br />
"params": {<br />
"1": {<br />
"label": "Scope (e.g. section)",<br />
"description": "This parameter allows an editor to replace the default word \"article\" with another word, usually \"section\" or \"paragraph\"",<br />
"type": "content"<br />
},<br />
"plural": {<br />
"label": "Plural?",<br />
"description": "Set to 'yes' if the article contains multiple plot summaries",<br />
"example": "yes",<br />
"type": "boolean",<br />
"autovalue": ""<br />
},<br />
"date": {<br />
"label": "Month and year",<br />
"description": "Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'",<br />
"type": "string",<br />
"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",<br />
"suggested": true<br />
}<br />
},<br />
"description": "For tagging articles that have overly long plot summaries.",<br />
"format": "inline"<br />
}<br />
</templatedata><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Wikipedia:How to write a plot summary]]<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)]]<br />
* [[Wikipedia:Handling trivia]]<br />
* {{section link|Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information}}<br />
* Topic-specific guidelines—[[WP:FILMPLOT|Films]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Television/Style guidelines#Plot section|television series and episodes]], [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (anime- and manga-related articles)#Plot|anime/manga]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Style guidelines#Plot summary|novels]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Style guidance#Plot summaries|comics]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Article guidelines#Organization|video games]]<br />
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{{Trivia templates see-also}}<br />
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