Talk:The Daleks
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[edit] Plot summary
The plot summary added by Konczewski (talk · contribs) appears to be a cut-down and slightly rephrased version of the one at the Doctor Who Reference Guide [1]. This becomes obvious if you do a comparison and see that the same kind of phraseology and structure is used as in the DWRG summary. For example, at the end of episode five: "The Thals hear Elyon's scream and race to the lakeside, unaware of what new horror they will find." DWRG: "At the camp, all they hear is Elyon's terrified scream. Ian and Ganatus leap to their feet and race to the lakeside, unaware of what new horror they will find..."
I point it out here simply to ask if such a precis is enough not to make it a copyright violation. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 01:41, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
- I think something should be done and have started a rewrite. --Litefoot 22:10, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Have we actually reached a consensus on summary lengths to justify such a dramatic cutdown? --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 16:02, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
- I'm staggered by this abrupt pruning. What I'd written was hardly excessive - just a few short paras per episode. --Litefoot 16:35, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
- The plot is terribly long for a TV serial, no matter that it consists of a few episodes. I've noticed this problem on a few Who episodes on Wikipedia Alastairward 21:09, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Spoiler warning
I've removed the spoiler warning, which in this case was particularly redundant because it followed a section heading clearly labelled "Plot". People read encyclopedia articles because they want to know about subjects. There's no need to put an extra warning into the articles to say, in effect "sorry, but you might actually find something in this article that you didn't know." We don't need to bow and apologise for providing information. This is an encyclopedia. --Tony Sidaway 13:37, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
- Removed again. Anyone whose reading comprehension is poor enough to not realise that a section titled "Plot" contains details of the plot is unlikely to be successfully spoiled anyway. --Stormie 02:46, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
