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#Three billboards outside ebbing missouri real story movie#
People shouldn't have to be spoiled on this movie because of this Justin guy's weird attitude about this. When people go to look at the opening paragraph they want to know the PREMISE, not the entire plot. It's honestly just a dick move to keep putting it back. It's a huge spoiler for the movie, containing events that take place well into the second half, and that aren't mentioned in any of the promotional material. I completely and totally disagree with this. 24.23.243.9 ( talk) 21:56, 14 January 2018 (UTC) You have simply repeated the same argument, clearly without having read WP:SPOILERS or WP:LEAD. The same information can continue to live under "plot". For that reason, I think the spoiler should be kept out of the opening paragraph. I can reasonably expect to get a non-spoiling synopsis from the summary paragraph, or non-spoiling information (where possible) about the production or cultural impact.
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But for a film or a book, I expect those spoilers to be safely quarantined in the "Plot" section. ― Justin ( ko avf) ❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 00:40, 12 January 2018 (UTC) I agree that WP cannot exclude content on the basis of spoilers. Far, far too many film articles here are in the form I mentioned above with only a dozen words given to the plot. The Old Jacobite The '45 23:46, 11 January 2018 (UTC) Sure, that's fine-I have no problem with some different wording but the film is not just about the billboards: it's is fundamentally about the changes in character that happen as this stunt unravels, a man reassesses his life, the woman who took action is harassed, etc. ― Justin ( ko avf) ❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 22:42, 11 January 2018 (UTC) I agree with you, Justin, but I do think that we can have an overview of the plot in the lede without revealing the one detail of the sheriff's suicide. Since the bulk of many film pages is the plot (and it's always a substantial portion), it is not acceptable to say, " x is a 2017 movie about a man with a truck." You have to give an overview of the plot, not the most barebones premise conceivable. The function of the lead is to give an overview of the article. As the accolades section is already taking up a substantial portion of the article, might it be wise to just split it off at this point?- Sunshineisles2 ( talk) 05:52, 8 January 2018 (UTC) Yes indeed Anna ( talk) 15:38, 8 January 2018 (UTC) To the cascading IP addresses reverting due to "spoilers"