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Copy/pasting content edit
Hi, I've noticed that you've on a couple of occasions (ex: these four edits, these three edits), copy/pasted content from other sources into List of Shaun the Sheep episodes. Please do not do this. Instead, if you have watched the episode, please summarize the story in your own words. For something like Shaun the Sheep, summaries should be between 100-200 words and should describe the main events in the story. (See MOS:TV) Please do not paraphrase the existing summaries, as that too is problematic. Wikipedia take copyright violations seriously, and though you might not have known that episode summaries are protected by copyright, they are, we don't allow them in our articles, and submitting them again is likely to result in admin intervention. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:32, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
Summaries edit
Hi, the point of an episode summary is to describe the key points in an episode so that we have a general understanding of the events that took place. Per WP:TVPLOT, summaries can be between 100-200 words. We are not limited to loglines, but we are also not writing advertising copy. In these edits [1][2] I don't think we hit the mark.
- Shaun and "Sneezy" have had enough of being grazers and decide that the Farmer's apple crop is just what is needed to keep the doctor at bay. Shaun's efforts are complicated by "Sneezy" the sheep. Determination and perseverance are the order of the day, but plain good luck triumphs in the end.
There are two unhelpful cliches: "is just what is needed to keep the doctor at bay". Was there actually a doctor involved, or are you just being cute? "Determination and perseverance are the order of the day, but plain good luck triumphs in the end." This doesn't really tell us anything. I haven't seen the episode or else I would have fixed this, but a more suitable summary might be: Shaun and Sneezy have had enough of being grazers and decide to raid the Farmer's apple crop. Though their attempts keep getting thwarted by Sneezy's sneezing, they finally get lucky when they do _______ and wind up with an apple."
- It's party time and everyone is getting in on the act, including the farmer. How are the flock going to get out of this dilemma and who is going to win the prize?
This one makes no sense to me. We don't use rhetorical questions, because they don't convey any real information. They are also not appropriate encyclopedic tone. It's also totally unclear what happens in the episode. There's a party, everyone wants to be involved. Suddenly there's an unexplained dilemma, and some suggestion that there might be a prize involved. Is it a contest? What's the dilemma? Anyhow, for these reasons I have removed this content. Thanks, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 13:01, 30 September 2014 (UTC)