User talk:Garlicpie
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Thank you for the welcome! Garlicpie (talk) 22:52, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
I was wondering if you could answer me this question; what should you use as a source for a novel's plot summary? It seems that the most logical place to get this information would be from the novel itself, especially if there's a copy of the novel (as there often are with older novels) floating around on the internet. {{helpme}} Garlicpie (talk) 22:57, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
- I would expect that your best bet is to have read the text in question and provide your own summary. You can always give a brief overview and let other people fill in the gaps. You don't, however, want to summarize someone else's summary, as you might get flagged for copyright violations. As for how to write the summary itself, check the guidelines at Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(writing_about_fiction)#Plot_summaries--there's a pair of longer articles linked there that might answer your questions. I hope that helps. Aristophanes68 (talk) 01:48, 10 February 2011 (UTC)