User talk:Costnerfan234

Dances with Wolves
Thank you for trying to contribute a plot summary to Dances with Wolves, but the reason I have been removing it is that what you are adding reads like a book report - it has plot, interspersed with personal comments, interpretations, and thoughts. A plot summary on Wikipedia is intended to be encyclopedic; that is, it should tell what happens in the story and no more and no less. Interpretations of the story (things like what Dunbar wants and hopes, or how horrible the Civil War was) only belong in the article if someone in a reliable source has published an analysis discussing these things in the context of the movie. If this is the case, they would go in a separate section, away from the plot summary, with citations to the sources that discussed them.

I'm going to ask that you please either undo your addition of the plot summary, or significantly rework it to remove all the commentary that is mixed in with it. As it is, the section is just not acceptable, and it cannot be allowed to remain in the article. I or another editor will end up taking it out again if you fail to. If you keep re-adding it as you have been, you will run into our three-revert rule, which is intended to keep people from edit warring to keep putting back something they want in an article, and then you may be blocked for violating the rules.

For some guidance on what a plot summary on Wikipedia should be like, you can refer to this essay. If you have any questions, you can ask them here; I will keep an eye on this page to see if you reply. keɪɑtɪk flʌfi (talk) 19:28, 2 November 2009 (UTC)