Talk:Metalhead (Black Mirror)

Ext. ref. to social control robots
My addition of a reference to an article about the use of social control robots in Singapore was reverted. I think that it is relevant to the Wikipedia article because it shows how well Black Mirror episodes often predict cultural changes that new technology generates. This is a central theme and driver in the Black Mirror series and worth drawing attention to. In this case the Singapore authorities use of the Boston Robotics robot which inspired the Metalhead robots is nearly comical and tragic for anyone aware of the Metalhead episode. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nvardi (talk • contribs) 15:50, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, and thanks for starting this discussion. The link in question is this one and I reverted it with the edit summary External links are used sparingly and for websites which are official or in some way canonical to the topic; this article doesn't mention the Black Mirror episode. (See WP:EL for more info.) Our page on "Metalhead" does talk a lot about Boston Robotics, which directly inspired the episode, but the link you've used does not mention the Black Mirror episode, so we'd call it synthesis to provide a prose explanation of the connection between the link and the episode, and we don't include external links without explanation unless they're officially connected to the episode (e.g. Netflix link to the show) or in some way feature canonical and reliable information (e.g. IMDb). Wikipedia cares about what professional critics say about the episode, not what we think (which is not to say that our opinions are wrong or less interesting, just that Wikipedia isn't the place). By the way, you can sign your talk page posts by ending them with the code . Thanks! — Bilorv ( talk ) 21:58, 25 May 2020 (UTC)