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The objective of a summary is to condense a large amount of information into a short, accessible format. It is not to reproduce the experience of reading or watching the story, nor to cover every detail. For those who have not read or seen the story, it should serve as a general overview of the major points. For those who have, it should be detailed enough to refresh their memory—no more.
Considering this template's common usage to indicate a plot summary exceeds Wikipedia's policy on word count, two relevant sections of the Manual of Style areWP:Manual of Style/Film § Plot andWP:Manual of Style/Novels § Plot, which say say that plot summaries for feature films or full length novels should be between 400 and 700 words.
This template will categorise tagged articles intoCategory:Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention. Thistemplate is aself-reference. This template should not besubstituted. You can determine the lengths of television episode summaries or a film summary by running the followingscript.
This template can refer to a section (or another article part), instead of the defaultarticle:
{{Long plot|section}}{{Long plot|1=paragraph}}This template can be dated:
{{Long plot|date=December 2025}}{{Long plot|section|date=December 2025}}If the date is left off abot will add it.
If the article contains multiple plot summaries, use|plural=yes.
TemplateData for Long plot
For tagging articles that have overly long plot summaries.
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| Scope (e.g. section) | 1 | This parameter allows an editor to replace the default word "article" with another word, usually "section" or "paragraph" | Content | optional |
| Plural? | plural | Set to 'yes' if the article contains multiple plot summaries
| Boolean | optional |
| Month and year | date | Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13'
| String | suggested |
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