[WikiEN-l] fancruft

[Anthony]

On 7/21/06, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:
> I do believe we're talking at cross-purposes, yes. My main argument in
> this thread is against the IMO very strange notion that one cannot use a
> work of fiction as a source when writing an article about it. Anthony's
> most recent response also implied that he considered a simple plot
> synopsis to be "fancruft", which was what the post you're responding to
> was in disagreement with.
>
As I explained in my other post, my comments were much more
restrictive than that.  If you have to resort to original research in
order to create a plot synopsis, *that* is what I have a problem with.

Anthony