Talk:Summary

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I don't know how to, but I think that the broken link to "Indirect Speech" should be linked to the article "free indirect speech"Mike 22:58, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Introduction
What on earth is the following diong in the introduction? WP is not supposed to be an instruction manual. It can only stay if it's an example of a summary, in which case it should be in a box, and referred to in the article text proper. (By the way, prefixing a dot point to a heading/caption is poor style generally.) —DIV (128.250.80.15 (talk) 09:27, 14 April 2008 (UTC))
 * How to write a summary
 * Read the text
 * Formulate the main statement
 * Reread the text and underline important ideas and arguments according to the main statement
 * Introduce the author and title of the work in the opening sentence
 * Mention the important facts in chronological order
 * Check that your summary reflects the original conclusion