User talk:Itsjustanexpression

November 2014
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Big Hero 6 plot length
Hello there, Itsjustanexpression, and welcome to Wikipedia! I'm glad to see that you've taken the time to write the initial plot summary for Big Hero 6 (film), but I'm afraid it's too long. This isn't just my opinion; it's Wikipedia policy. We have a in-house Manuel of Style (MoS) that gives general guidelines for how to write articles.

There's a subpage of the MoS dedicated specifically to film articles; it's called Manual of Style/Film. Among other things, it sets a limit on how long plot summaries should be: "Plot summaries for feature films should be 700 words or fewer." The version of the plot summary you want in the article runs to about 1,050 words, which is far too long. 700 words isn't a arbitrary number; the idea behind it is to provide a concise summary of the film for our readers, a big picture overview. Quoting from Manual of Style/Film under the Plot subheading: "The plot summary is an overview of the film's main events, so avoid minutiae like dialogue, scene-by-scene breakdowns, individual jokes, and technical detail." While we don't necessarily need the plot summary to be exactly 700 words, it should be pretty close.

Anyway, I'm going to revert your edit (undo it, that is) because it violates Wikipedia's policy on plot summary length. I hope you don't take this personally; I'm just trying to follow the rules, and seeing as you're a new to this whole Wikipedia editing thing, I wouldn't expect you to know what they are. I would be happy to further discuss the length of the plot summary with you, either here on your talk page, on my talk page, or on the article's talk page, whichever you would prefer. Thanks for your understanding, and I hope to see you around! AmericanLemming (talk) 05:56, 8 November 2014 (UTC)


 * And don't change the runtime without a proper source to support it. That's at least twice you've done that. -- 109.79.98.4 (talk) 08:20, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree with the above comment, but you keep covering most scenes and moments from the storyline. Plot must be a summarized one, it's supposed to be an overview. You must follow manual of style guidelines. Thank you-- Chamith  (talk)  04:12, 17 November 2014 (UTC)