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curprev 19:5919:59, 1 May 2025 Masem talk contribs 17,030 bytes +1,090 Reverted 1 edit by Confusing Conflation (talk): More sock puppetry Tags: Twinkle Undo
curprev 19:5419:54, 1 May 2025 Confusing Conflation talk contribs 15,940 bytes −1,090 See these comments: 1, 2, 3, 4. Integrating WhatamIdoing's edit into the good version. I feel like "consolidated articles, discussing a work published or broadcast in a serial form" gets off the topic of this page, but even if that point is kept, it needs to be reworded, for reasons explained previously. Tag: Reverted

curprev 03:1203:12, 26 March 2025 Izno talk contribs m 17,094 bytes +1,180 Reverted edit by Frustrated Fixer (talk) to last version by Doniago Tag: Rollback
curprev 02:5702:57, 26 March 2025 Frustrated Fixer talk contribs 15,914 bytes −1,180 Redundancy and excess verbiage can be trimmed without prior discussion. Changing "would just summarize" to "would include a summary focused on", so as not to suggest that any article should consist solely of a plot summary. There's no need to describe how Hamlet's arc might be summarized, as one can read the linked article. "a work published or broadcast in a serial form" is not a helpful characterization, as some things were originally produced that way but now function as one volume. Tag: Reverted

curprev 07:3007:30, 3 March 2025 Doniago talk contribs m 17,094 bytes +704 Reverted edits by Unjust Untruth (talk) to last version by Masem Get consensus at Talk page first; this is a significant removal of text. Tag: Rollback
curprev 06:4906:49, 3 March 2025 Unjust Untruth talk contribs 16,390 bytes −704 Adding nutshell and trimming redundancy. Shortening recent additions. Tags: Manual revert Reverted

curprev 04:3004:30, 23 February 2025 Masem talk contribs 17,094 bytes +704 Reverted good faith edits by Tarnished Text (talk): A day old editor making these changes is highly suspect Tags: Twinkle Undo Reverted
curprev 03:5503:55, 23 February 2025 Tarnished Text talk contribs 16,390 bytes −704 Adding nutshell and trimming redundancy. Shortening recent additions. Tag: Reverted

curprev 19:2019:20, 18 February 2025 LaukkuTheGreit talk contribs 17,094 bytes −3 →What to cut: "most important" -> "significant", as the former wording felt a hair too strong to me
curprev 18:1618:16, 18 February 2025 LaukkuTheGreit talk contribs m 17,097 bytes −4 →What to cut: Perhaps oversuse of emphasis
curprev 18:0718:07, 18 February 2025 LaukkuTheGreit talk contribs 17,101 bytes +307 →What to cut: some practical advice
curprev 16:4616:46, 18 February 2025 LaukkuTheGreit talk contribs 16,794 bytes +29 →What to cut: rephrasing this bit to be somwhat more like previously while still being a lot terser than it was back then

curprev 19:5919:59, 2 February 2025 Izno talk contribs m 16,765 bytes +475 Reverted edit by Polished Prose (talk) to last version by Danbloch Tag: Rollback
curprev 07:5707:57, 2 February 2025 Polished Prose talk contribs 16,290 bytes −475 Linking to guideline and policy in the lead sentence, which makes the second header note unnecessary (the first one already notes that this page is not itself a policy or guideline). Adding nutshell. Merging paragraphs in section. The footnote about Hamlet seems unnecessary, but if someone feels otherwise, it can be re-added. Tag: Reverted

curprev 19:3919:39, 22 January 2025 Danbloch talk contribs 16,765 bytes −275 →Citations: remove sentence about writing plot summaries without having read the source. It isn't about citations, and seems unlikely to be a problem.

curprev 04:0304:03, 7 January 2025 Jc37 talk contribs 22,482 bytes +4,836 rv mass edits back to (semi) stable version of Dec 18 Tags: Undo Reverted

curprev 22:0922:09, 5 January 2025 Compulsive Brainstormer talk contribs 18,337 bytes −42 MOS:PLOT and MOS:FAIR USE both link to the same page. "plot summaries shouldn't swamp an article" isn't really the primary point of this page.
curprev 21:5121:51, 5 January 2025 Compulsive Brainstormer talk contribs 18,379 bytes −139 That is probably enough for the intro. Removing unneeded phrases.
curprev 19:1719:17, 5 January 2025 Compulsive Brainstormer talk contribs 18,518 bytes −30 →Ways of organizing a plot summary