We are not a movie guide, but an encyclopedia. There are a great many reasons why people might want to read an encyclopedia article about a movie. Very high among them is to find out about the movies one hasn't seen and never will.
If you want a movie guide to read up on whether you want to go to or rent a movie, there are more appropriate sources. On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Alvaro García <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not saying I'd rather have a one-line plot, I'm just saying that > spoilers aren't that necessary. You go to the article to see if you go > watch the movie, not to read it because you didn't get the chance to > watch it. > > > -- > Alvaro > > On 07-02-2009, at 12:21, "K. Peachey" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 12:25 AM, Alvaro García <[email protected]> w >> rote: >>> Hey, >>> >>> I have a question: >>> Every time I go to a movie page to know how it is, I read the Plot >>> section. However, I have realised that 95% of them write about key >>> twists or scenes and they even tell the ending. I have thought of >>> editing some of them, but I thought I'd rather ask here first. >>> >>> Are movie articles supposed to tell you ALL the movie? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Alvaro >> Yes, otherwise it would be like "Harry Potter is a wizard" you might >> like to look at [[en:wp:spoiler]] >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spoiler> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikiEN-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > -- David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
