User talk:Ravendon

Hi Ravendon, I have removed part of what you added to The Veldt because it was direct text of the story. We generally don't publish the content of stories, both because we are an encyclopedia and not a text resources, and because more often than not the text of stories is under copyright and it is illegal of us to publish it. This is the case with The Veldt, so we can't allow text of the story, other than possibly some very short quoted segments used to enhance encyclopedic understanding.

We also don't allow analysis of stories (talk about themes, implications, etc) unless it can be sourced to a reliable source. So if the New York Times says that the power of the story hinges on ambiguity, that's one thing and it's ok to put in the article, but if you or I just happens to think that, we're not considered reliable sources and that information cannot go in the article. I removed the text you had added about ambiguity and the link to an external website that contains the copyrighted text of the story.

Thank you for your contributions so far, and if you have any questions about what we can and can't use in articles, please feel free to ask on my talk page!. keɪɑtɪk flʌfi (talk) 23:27, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your comments.

I thought copyright is affected by fair use. I'm pretty sure that I used much fewer than 300 words and that my quotes do not affect the story's commercial success or the writer's income.

Also, I didn't include my opinion. I included facts backed up by quotes from the story itself. In no part does it mention the parents were killed by anything. The children state clearly that their parents will be returning shortly.

If you include the writer's comments that the parents were killed, that is forming an opinion that has no support in the text itself. There is no passage that states the parents were killed.

I fail to understand why you support the writer's baseless comments, but not my viewpoint, which can be supported by the text itself.

Anyway, thanks again for editing out my contribution. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ravendon (talk • contribs)

April 2015

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