Talk:The Poor Kid

Pop cultural references, continuity notes and other details

Please do not add mention of pop cultural references, continuity notes, trivia, or who the targets of a given episode's parody are, without accompanying such material with an inline citation of a reliable, published, secondary source. Adding such material without such sources violates Wikipedia's policies regarding Verifiability, No Original Research, and Synthesis.

While a primary source (such as the episode itself, or a screencap or clip from it at South Park Studios) is acceptable for material that is merely descriptive, such as the synopsis, it is not enough to cite a primary source for material that constitutes an analytic, evaluative or interpretative claims, such as cultural references in works of satire or parody, because in such cases, such claims are being made on the part of the editor. This is called synthesis, which is a form of original research, and is strictly forbidden on Wikipedia, regardless of whether one thinks the meaning of the reference is "obvious". Sources for such claims must be secondary sources in which reliable persons, such as TV critics or reviewers, explicitly mention the reference.

In addition, trivial information that is not salient or relevant enough to be incorporated into the major sections of an article should not be included, per WP:PLOTSUMMARIZE and WP:TRIVIA, and this includes the plot summary. As indicated by WP:TVPLOT, the plot summary is an overview of a work's main events, so avoid any minutiae that is not needed for a reader's understanding of the story's three fundamental elements: plot, characterization and theme. This includes such minutiae as scene-by-scene breakdowns, technical information or detailed explanations of individual gags or lines of dialogue. Nightscream (talk) 02:46, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Edit request 17 November 2011

The kid was not water boarded. Just was chained up and hosed down with Dr Pepper.

Cljauvtis (talk) 06:22, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

I've looked over the waterboarding article, and it seems that it does require conditions (being on one's back, being immobilized) that were not in that scene, so you're right. I'll change it. Thanks. Nightscream (talk) 18:14, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Edit request 18 November 2011

Hello,

I just wish to add to the plot that the episodes parodies the Comedian: Zach Galifianakis http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0302108/ I do not have sources besides the similitude with scenes from the movie "Due Date": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231583/ You can compare both clips: Clip 1 from Due Date : youtube(dot)com/4hHGhUVvZvE?t=3m38s Clip 2 from South Park : http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/402323/we-like-to-have-fun-here

Raffi.be (talk) 01:24, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Please read the note at the top of this talk page, in particular the first two paragraphs. Relying on YouTube would constitute making an evaluative claim from a primary source, which is not permitted under WP:SECONDARY and WP:TVPLOT. Also, the YouTube url did not work for me, even when I replaced the "dot" with the actual required character.

In addition, sites like imdb whose content is user-generated are not considered reliable under WP:USERG. Nightscream (talk) 22:31, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Edit request 12 September 2023

The Reception section has a typographical error in the second sentence:

> in terms of South Park{'}}s treatment of religion

The curly braces around the apostrophe should be removed. I am also kind of bewildered as to why the article is protected in the first place. Xpdite (talk) 14:32, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done - in terms of your question about protection, the reason given in the protection log entry states Persistent vandalism: South Park episode articles are typically targets of unsourced original research, including trivia and synthesis. Tollens (talk) 20:56, 12 September 2023 (UTC)