Talk:The Legend of Korra season 3

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Books

That last sentence makes it sound like it's based upon a book. Benimation (talk) 19:31, 7 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Penultimate" phrase unsourced

I can find no reference to support the claim that the third book is the "penultimate" book, which contradicts the creator's tumblr post about there being four books diktits. Technical note: each book is half a season, so the third book I guess is the start of the "penultimate" second season. But that's pretty picky. Trevori(talk) 1:41, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Penultimate means second to last so it in fact does not contradict the fact that there are four books (in fact, it would confirm it). That being said I don't think its necessary to add and I have looked at several other shows and I have yet to see any other second to last season article use that term.--174.93.163.194 (talk) 03:01, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Leaks

Google Legend of Korra - Season 3 leaks and you will be able to get all the proof you need, so stop reverting good edits. >:( — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.77.211.42 (talk) 23:02, 21 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, but you are mistaken. Per our policy, WP:RS, we must cite published reliable sources for our content. A blanket reference to Google is not enough. And because the leaked episodes are not published or reliably available, as is generally the case with pirated content on the Internet, they do not qualify. Also, because they are copyright violations, we may not link to them from Wikipedia. This disqualifies them as sources, and the episode summaries meant to be sourced to them must be removed. Sandstein 05:24, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded. Leaked episodes cannot be used as a reliable source. Also, telling other editors just to Google it isn't the same as saying something is sourced. YOU, as the editor, have to provide the source for the site. -- SchrutedIt08 (talk) 08:11, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Relevant?

I'm not a regular editor, so please be kind, but why isn't the fact that they haven't released any episodes yet relevant? My reason for asking is because you do say when something is released on video/streaming. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.224.172.14 (talk) 19:08, 30 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

E11/12 summaries

Firstly, "unneeded" is uncalled for. The original summary for E12 was bare and minimal, so I added more from the episode. Also, there were grammar mistakes, so I reworked those. Secondly, the poison behaves the same way real mercury does. I wasn't the only one who thought of that. Also, no improvement? Really? Are you just trying to get a monopoly on the article?--Seokhun (talk) 18:13, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm copying this from my talk page to Talk:The Legend of Korra (Book 3) and will reply there. Sandstein 18:28, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

OK, sorry if I offended you, that wasn't my intention. While the poison does have the appearance of mercury, we must, as described in WP:OR, be careful not to draw inferences that are not supported by dialogue in the series - this is, after all, a fantasy world. In general, my view is that a "short" summary should bring across the key elements across with as few words as possible; with the key elements being mostly those that later scenes or episodes build upon or that are necessary to form a coherent picture of key events in the mind of somebody who has not watched the series. For example, "Mako discovers that Zaheer had secretly removed them" is not an improvement over simply "Zaheer had secretly removed them" because it is not important for the purpose of later events who exactly discovers Zaheer's ruse; the addition is superfluous. Likewise, "When cornered while escaping, Bolin discovers lavabending" is also not an improvement over "Bolin saves them with his new-found lavabending skills" because it misleadingly suggests that Bolin was the one who invented the technique, whereas in fact Ghazan, at least, had been using it previously; also it omits that Bolin's lavabending saved his and others' lives. A third example - "Lin and Suyin and the metalbenders are rendered powerless against P'Li" is also misleading because it suggests a loss of their bending abilities whereas in fact they were only tactically outmatched - which isn't all that important story-wise, their eventual defeat of P'Li is. I could go on, but I hope that you understand what I mean? Sandstein 18:28, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I understand your point, but the thing is that the original was too vague and ambiguous. I also like the concise and precise approach, however, to a certain point where the info are complete thoughts and not just random sentences. "Zaheer had secretly removed them" doesn't say how they discovered he moved them, but rather just vaguely that he did. I added the whole Mig-Hua thing to explain that previous statement to clarify ambiguity. The other thing with "When cornered while escaping, Bolin discovers lavabending" is to tie it back to Ghazan and Ming-Hua's scene, rather than just pop it in out of nowhere. You see where I'm getting at? Connecting the plot smoothly from one scene to the next while being concise and precise. Otherwise, it seems disjointed and messy. —Seokhun (talk) 21:10, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I agree that the summary shouldn't be unnecessarily vague, but I submit that who first noticed Zaheer's trick is not important. The Bolin aspect could be rephrased, perhaps, as "Bolin, Mako and Tenzin escape from Ming-Hua's trap and from Ghazan's collapse of the temple thanks to Bolin's new-found lavabending skills". Sandstein 08:38, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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Korrasami

The article mentions "In addition, they began to allude to the possibility of a mutual attraction between the two that would result in them becoming romantically linked in the final moments of the series." with a citation that is about the fourth season (see article, it specifically mentions book 4). I have added a 'Failed verification' tag, and I believe the reference as well as this line should be removed. --83.117.104.167 (talk) 19:22, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Season 3 is in fact referred to: "So we alluded to it throughout the second half of the series, working in the idea that their trajectory could be heading towards a romance." Sandstein 19:42, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]