Template talk:Plot
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[edit] Addition of copyvio warning
I think this is a useful template with the copyvio warning, but it isn't the same template I added to the article where I used it. In the case I used it (A Clockwork Orange) there is clearly no copyright violation, just endless rambling driveby detail, and mentioning copyvio is likely to just lead to red herring discussions that focus on trying to refute that rather than dealing with the real issue. Accordingly, I would support restoring the original meaning, and creating a new template for this particular case. Comments? Notinasnaid 09:17, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
- I added the copyright warning after a long discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (writing about fiction) where everyone agreed that a plot summary that is excessively long or detailed may constitute a copyright violation, even without a large amount of direct quotations. Any amount of discussion about what happens in a work of fiction involves the copyright of that work of fiction; a small amount is within fair use, but a large amount may start to become a copyvio. I haven't seen the version of A Clockwork Orange you tagged, but "endless rambling driveby detail" may indeed also be a copyvio, in addition to all the other problems. —Angr 09:23, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
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- As this template is almost always placed at trhe beginning of a plot that starts next to a right-aligned infobox, it needs to float left, otherwise it pushes the beginning of the section down the page ina very ugly way. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 18:24, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Long plot summary as copyvio
Long plot summary as active copyright violation discussion. Discussion here: Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2007 February 19/Articles --GunnarRene 18:10, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Acceptable length
What is the specific ratio of words to movie length that is considered acceptable? Is there a numerical limit to a plot summary? Thanks in advance if you can answer these questions. Quadzilla99 19:04, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- I did some research on this based on featured film articles a while ago. There was no consensus. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Films/archive7#Guideline for plot summary length. – flamurai (t) 23:45, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
