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Revision as of 16:06, 27 February 2013

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Consistency

Hey GoUNC123,

Thanks for your contribution to the UNC football pages. I really appreciate the help because I have been doing the majority of editing for the past few years. I don't know how long you have been editing Misplaced Pages, but I just wanted to suggest that you try to keep as much consistency as possible when editing a page like this. Be sure to use the same/similar formatting as the years before and/or other pages that are similar (such as another college football team). It makes them look better and smoother. If you do think you have a better way to present the information, bring it up in the talk page of the page you are working on and multiple editors can give their input on it. Finally, don't be afraid to use templates that people have created. They save time and present information in a consistent form as well. If you don't know how to use the template, you can usually search for it in the search bar and the template's page will give instructions on how to use it.

Again thanks for the help and let me know if I can help you in any way!

Tnbailey09 (talk) 14:50, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Your Justified summaries

Hi there, I first just wanted to say thanks for your efforts in adding summaries for Justified season 4 as they were previously blank. But, mainly what I want to talk about is how you write them. I highly suggest taking a look at WP:PLOTSUM, for tips on how to write summaries on Misplaced Pages. For the latest episode, I feel another editor has better summarized in a much more encyclopedic manner. The entire bit of, "There were nine likely deaths in this episode (Arlo Givens, prison barber, prison guard, two Harlan county business executives, a security man, a mob hit man, a Harlan county drug dealer, a military acquaintance of US Marshal Tim Gutterson), exceeding the five season-to-date deaths" is not encyclopedic at all, neither is "while Raylan won a gunfight for the second episode in a row". This might be fine on your own personal blog, but not on Wiki. Plot summaries are also not written in past tense, they are written in present tense, since it's fiction. Summaries should not contain excessive or superfluous details, they need to be as concise and to the point as possible. The bit of "Effectively Raylan killed his own father by trying to make his father's information about Drew Thompson irrelevant" seems to be that of your opinion, and again, is not how plot summaries are written. Summaries should not contain speculation from the viewer, or your opinions. Anyway, this is also meant in a friendly manner, and to hopefully help you better understand how summaries should be written. Thanks. Drovethrughosts (talk) 16:06, 27 February 2013 (UTC)