Search Results: Wikipedia:PLOTCITE


Wikipedia:How to write a plot summary
Rabu, 2026-07-22 12:59:02

surprise, nor should a spoiler warning be displayed. Shortcut WP:PLOTCITEWP:PLOTCITE Citations may or may not appear in a plot summary. The work of fiction...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Sophocles/1
Jumat, 2026-02-13 16:52:40

in the introductions to translations of them). Strictly speaking, MOS:PLOTCITE may apply: it's normally used on the article page for the work of fiction...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/StarCraft/1
Jumat, 2025-07-04 11:08:02

paragraphs. While none of the paragraphs in "Story" need to be cited per WP:PLOTCITE, the "StarCraft II" paragraphs probably do need citations. There are also...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Clannad (video game)/1
Jumat, 2024-12-20 20:02:09

paragraphs throughout the article; most of these do not fall under WP:PLOTCITE. Z1720 (talk) 18:04, 18 December 2024 (UTC) Keep Don't see any issue with...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Myst (series)/1
Senin, 2026-07-06 02:01:56

@Boneless Pizza!, plot sections are not mandated to have sources per WP:PLOTCITE, so I've removed that tag. This article on the whole is fine to stay as...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth/1
Kamis, 2025-07-24 22:16:10

considered in the same sense as plot, and therefore covered under MOS:PLOTCITE -- that assuming a statement isn't challenged, we could treat the game...

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Wikipedia:Featured article review/The Slave Community/archive1
Minggu, 2024-06-30 07:15:22

regarding FA/FAR processes, however about the "primary" aspect, per WP:PLOTCITE and MOS:PLOT, isn't that what you're supposed to do with the contents of...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/God of War Sons of Sparta/archive1
Kamis, 2026-05-28 05:59:01

war franchise? Done. The notes need citations, they aren't covered under plotcite since they are about different games Done. Thats what I found Olliefant...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Edmund the Martyr/archive1
Rabu, 2022-03-02 10:41:51

text reads like a plot summary. If it is, no footnotes are needed (WP:PLOTCITE). The last para. gives what seems like a critical evaluation of the passio...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Paper Mario: Color Splash/archive1
Kamis, 2022-04-14 07:05:42

CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 04:18, 12 March 2022 (UTC) @CactiStaccingCrane, per MOS:PLOTCITE, the game credits itself can be used as a source as it's considered a primary...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication/archive1
Rabu, 2022-03-02 08:12:13

good! I think the reference column is probably unneeded, though, per WP:PLOTCITE. The descriptions might also be shortened in a few cases—it's somewhat...

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Wikipedia:Featured article review/Tasha Yar/archive1
Sabtu, 2025-04-12 19:15:21

sources to incorporate. I don't see an issue with citing the episodes per WP:PLOTCITE, although I'd argue if the text itself says what episode something happened...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Have I Got News for You episodes (2nd nomination)
Jumat, 2025-12-19 05:57:19

Possibly, but I think there’s a potential application for something like WP:PLOTCITE here, where the episode itself (or the BBC’s own listings) can be the source...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Masters of Doom/archive1
Sabtu, 2025-06-07 09:40:19

constantly pass, and that it wouldn't be is absurd given the rationale from plotcite applies. This also includes Thrilling Cities, open for FAC now and garnering...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE/archive2
Jumat, 2023-06-16 19:05:31

13:31, 15 June 2023 (UTC) Citing a plot usually isn't necessary, per WP:PLOTCITE. Panini! • 🥪 18:05, 15 June 2023 (UTC) Yeah, my point (possibly quite...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Parks and Recreation episodes/archive1
Minggu, 2025-07-20 07:26:51

the viewship, the other stuff is covered by the episodes credits in MOS:PLOTCITE The Aubrey Plaza link is wrong. Fixed Could the ratings columns be made...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/P05
Jumat, 2025-12-19 08:00:20

Background section), that plots are supposed to be primary sourced per WP:PLOTCITE (which is what I meant by "what I heard"), and that with five months of...

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Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2022 September 13
Sabtu, 2022-09-17 08:43:06

16:35, 13 September 2022 (UTC) The source is definitely reliable per WP:PLOTCITE (= anything that can be readily seen or read in a work of art/entertainment...

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Wikipedia:Featured article review
Selasa, 2026-08-04 06:54:03

active effort in the vein of WP:RGW. The quotes can be removed per MOS:PLOTCITE, which does not mandate their use in plot summaries. 11WB 💬 12:57, 5 August...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Planet Crafter/archive1
Minggu, 2026-07-26 06:06:08

eve the eternal (hi) 01:19, 17 July 2026 (UTC) Oh, wait. I just read WP:PLOTCITE and WP:PLOTREF. eve the eternal (hi) 01:32, 17 July 2026 (UTC) I'm afraid...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Diamond Smugglers/archive1
Kamis, 2025-04-10 07:05:33

"illustrative", in the interests of showing rather than telling (and MOS:PLOTCITE)? (Moving down, as this has now developed} Fleming had struggled to make...

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Wikipedia:Notability (video game characters)
Minggu, 2026-07-12 11:46:41

avoided in character articles. Whilst it may be useful in a plot section, WP:PLOTCITE does not mandate their use. Sources should discuss the character directly...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1093
Jumat, 2023-04-21 16:36:01

won't arise in the future. Black Kite (talk) 18:52, 15 March 2022 (UTC) WP:PLOTCITE: "Citations about the plot summary itself, however, may refer to the primary...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1150
Senin, 2026-03-09 05:32:42

the primary source for the plot summary, which is acceptable. (See WP:PLOTCITE for further information.) You will still need to make sure that any quotations...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Saturday Night Live guests (U–Z)/archive1
Rabu, 2025-04-09 07:26:11

cant find sources for all list entries could I list the episode under MOS:PLOTCITE? Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 16:53, 6 February 2025 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1065
Jumat, 2023-03-03 10:56:23

verify the video depicts a "brown monkey" instead of an orangutan per WP:PLOTCITE, but you'll need to cite a secondary source to support a claim that states...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1136
Rabu, 2024-03-06 00:19:08

summary of the plot, without any citation. This was on the basis if WP:PLOTCITE, which I take to mean that the novel itself is the source of the information...

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Wikipedia:Peer review/Lucky Day (Doctor Who)/archive1
Minggu, 2025-11-30 23:09:40

citations similar to the same way that the episode itself sources the plot (WP:PLOTCITE / WP:PLOTSOURCE). These people are definitely credited in the episode....

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication/archive1
Jumat, 2023-07-14 19:05:24

under the same principle as PLOTCITE. I wasn't entirely sure about it in the PR (though was encouraged to take PLOTCITE as applicable), and I can cite...

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Wikipedia:Featured article review/Characters of Final Fantasy VIII/archive1
Rabu, 2026-08-05 20:02:50

active effort in the vein of WP:RGW. The quotes can be removed per MOS:PLOTCITE, which does not mandate their use in plot summaries. 11WB 💬 12:57, 5 August...

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Wikipedia:FAC coordination/Archive 1
Sabtu, 2025-08-09 01:47:56

I wonder if you could adjudicate on the debate initiated by PMC on WP:PLOTCITE, which - as Imagines Tigers notes - is a recurrent theme? Thanks. Gog the...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Kim Kitsuragi/archive1
Kamis, 2025-03-06 07:05:59

largely worth keeping, but needs re-organization and expansion. Per MOS:PLOTCITE, you don't need secondary citations for plot information. Primary references...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes/archive1
Selasa, 2024-04-02 19:05:32

game is the source for all the information that's not interpreted (WP:PLOTCITE) I'm not entirely sold on the length of the synopsis section. It's 1000...

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Wikipedia:Featured article review/archive/April 2025
Sabtu, 2025-04-19 21:34:45

sources to incorporate. I don't see an issue with citing the episodes per WP:PLOTCITE, although I'd argue if the text itself says what episode something happened...

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Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 June 4
Rabu, 2025-07-02 23:25:42

the question. Their inclusion in the book is the reliable source, Cf. WP:PLOTCITE. That's like asking for a reliable source that a word is in the dictionary...

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Wikipedia:No original research/Noticeboard/Archive 50
Minggu, 2024-04-14 00:17:39

January 2024 (UTC) This is an inevitable result of MOS:PLOTSOURCE and WP:PLOTCITE, which I feel badly need revisiting, since they unacceptably attempt to...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/April 2022
Minggu, 2022-05-01 04:37:28

CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 04:18, 12 March 2022 (UTC) @CactiStaccingCrane, per MOS:PLOTCITE, the game credits itself can be used as a source as it's considered a primary...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Archive 96
Kamis, 2026-08-06 14:47:34

@Boneless Pizza!, plot sections are not mandated to have sources per WP:PLOTCITE, so I've removed that tag. This article on the whole is fine to stay as...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Archive 93
Sabtu, 2026-03-21 22:04:09

in the introductions to translations of them). Strictly speaking, MOS:PLOTCITE may apply: it's normally used on the article page for the work of fiction...

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Wikipedia:Featured article review/archive/June 2024
Minggu, 2024-06-30 01:46:06

regarding FA/FAR processes, however about the "primary" aspect, per WP:PLOTCITE and MOS:PLOT, isn't that what you're supposed to do with the contents of...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Archive 82
Sabtu, 2025-01-25 22:23:50

paragraphs throughout the article; most of these do not fall under WP:PLOTCITE. Z1720 (talk) 18:04, 18 December 2024 (UTC) Keep Don't see any issue with...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/April 2025
Rabu, 2025-04-30 23:56:06

"illustrative", in the interests of showing rather than telling (and MOS:PLOTCITE)? (Moving down, as this has now developed} Fleming had struggled to make...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 204
Sabtu, 2025-09-27 21:05:51

community (though if memory serves, not you) generally agrees with the WP:PLOTCITE standard, that straightforward descriptions of a work's plot/contents,...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Featured log/April 2025
Kamis, 2025-05-01 07:26:15

cant find sources for all list entries could I list the episode under MOS:PLOTCITE? Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 16:53, 6 February 2025 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2023 July 24
Selasa, 2023-08-01 14:30:02

Background section), that plots are supposed to be primary sourced per WP:PLOTCITE (which is what I meant by "what I heard"), and that with five months of...

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Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Featured log/July 2025
Kamis, 2025-07-31 19:25:49

the viewship, the other stuff is covered by the episodes credits in MOS:PLOTCITE The Aubrey Plaza link is wrong. Fixed Could the ratings columns be made...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Archive 86
Selasa, 2025-07-15 18:07:42

paragraphs. While none of the paragraphs in "Story" need to be cited per WP:PLOTCITE, the "StarCraft II" paragraphs probably do need citations. There are also...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Archived nominations/June 2025
Selasa, 2025-07-01 03:51:16

constantly pass, and that it wouldn't be is absurd given the rationale from plotcite applies. This also includes Thrilling Cities, open for FAC now and garnering...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Archived nominations/June 2023
Rabu, 2023-06-28 19:51:07

13:31, 15 June 2023 (UTC) Citing a plot usually isn't necessary, per WP:PLOTCITE. Panini! • 🥪 18:05, 15 June 2023 (UTC) Yeah, my point (possibly quite...

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Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Archive 87
Selasa, 2025-08-19 15:29:48

considered in the same sense as plot, and therefore covered under MOS:PLOTCITE -- that assuming a statement isn't challenged, we could treat the game...

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2023 July 4
Rabu, 2023-07-12 09:05:44

Possibly, but I think there’s a potential application for something like WP:PLOTCITE here, where the episode itself (or the BBC’s own listings) can be the source...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/April 2024
Minggu, 2024-04-28 19:30:52

game is the source for all the information that's not interpreted (WP:PLOTCITE) I'm not entirely sold on the length of the synopsis section. It's 1000...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Archived nominations/July 2026
Kamis, 2026-07-30 18:29:10

eve the eternal (hi) 01:19, 17 July 2026 (UTC) Oh, wait. I just read WP:PLOTCITE and WP:PLOTREF. eve the eternal (hi) 01:32, 17 July 2026 (UTC) I'm afraid...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1221
Senin, 2024-07-22 00:43:28

to a fandom post. Plot summaries don't always require citation (see WP:PLOTCITE) but must never be copied verbatim from elsewhere. Mike Turnbull (talk)...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1213
Senin, 2024-01-29 01:27:15

2024 (UTC) Hi @ThaesOfereode! This is analogous to the situation at WP:PLOTCITE. You do not need to use any sources in that section, or you can just cite...

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Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 195
Kamis, 2025-11-13 05:57:10

work itself is the primary source. This is addressed at MOS:FILMPLOT, WP:PLOTCITE, and MOS:PLOTSOURCE. InfiniteNexus (talk) 20:09, 2 September 2024 (UTC)...

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Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions/Archive 1225
Kamis, 2024-11-21 22:04:36

Jd101991 (talk) 22:06, 29 May 2024 (UTC) @Jd101991 The reason for that is WP:PLOTCITE and WP:PLOTSOURCE, which essentially says that while yes, you do need inline...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/March 2025
Selasa, 2025-04-01 03:33:40

largely worth keeping, but needs re-organization and expansion. Per MOS:PLOTCITE, you don't need secondary citations for plot information. Primary references...

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/July 2023
Minggu, 2023-07-30 19:02:35

under the same principle as PLOTCITE. I wasn't entirely sure about it in the PR (though was encouraged to take PLOTCITE as applicable), and I can cite...

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Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/November 2024
Senin, 2026-05-04 06:39:10

requirements. I'd like to see some secondary sources for the plot summary per WP:PLOTCITE, but it's not a disaster without them. Modest Genius talk 14:25, 14 November...

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Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1198
Sabtu, 2025-10-11 20:09:25

TurboSuperA+[talk] 03:50, 18 August 2025 (UTC) See WP:PLOTSOURCE and WP:PLOTCITE. But the TL;dr for plot summaries is that the movie or TV show is the source...

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