Talk:Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down

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Suggestion ahead of GA

Ahead of the GA review I suggest that you fill in the reference details for the various bare URLs in the article. Keith D (talk) 20:39, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea. But is there a preferred way to format links? Scrooge200 (talk) 01:26, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No preferred way, but I tend to use the Refill tool, though sometimes it needs minor tweaks to the output. Keith D (talk) 10:14, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

MarnetteD (talk · contribs) has taken care of it. Now the article should be fine. Scrooge200 (talk) 05:06, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My thougts: the plot summary is too detailed, and real-world context is too weakly developed, for GA. The plot summary is longer and more detailed than those of featured articles like To Kill a Mockingbird and The Sun Also Rises. Don't assume that the people who will read this article are children or fans of the series. Be concise! Stick to the major plot elements, not trivia like "Greg gets hungry". A summary should not be a play-by-play. Review Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction, Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Novels, and Wikipedia:How to write a plot summary for more guidance. --Animalparty! (talk) 06:17, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have since taken this article down to be nominated for GA. Looking back now, the plot is way too long. But that's not entirely my fault; the book itself is incredibly disconnected and random. It brings up random plot points and doesn't mention them later. I even left out Greg's rant on trophies, his random dreams, the part where he attends a speech class, etc. when I first wrote the summary. Scrooge200 (talk) 03:55, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I’m not sure if blaming the book is the right idea. You don’t have to mention every single thing Greg talks about within the story, just what furthers the main plot.Harryhenry1 (talk) 07:03, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that there is no main plot. The back of the book says it's the movie-making one that happens in the last 20 pages of the book, but I can't really write a summary about just that. The author has stated that the main plot is about Greg trying to find a talent, but that's only for the first part of the book and then it gets dropped. Double Down can't decide what it wants to be. Scrooge200 (talk) 22:33, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In these kinds of situations, you should let these personal subjective feelings go,and instead make the plot summary as consice as possible, because it’s still way too long. Harryhenry1 (talk) 22:39, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]