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Hi - I notice that you are undoing or reverting some of my edits to articles on the episodes from The Sopranos. You're obviously editing in good faith, but I want to point out that one of the big problems with those articles is that antecedents ("his", "who", etc.) are often unclear. So I'm going to re-do my edits to those sections. I'm not interested in an edit war. But some of the re-revisions you've done have made the articles less clear. -Special-T (talk) 18:29, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

You seem to be following other editors around "Sopranos" episode articles and restoring your preferred versions. I'm not interested in an edit war. Do whatever you want. I'll move on to editing some other area of Wikipedia. Special-T (talk) 14:02, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi- as noted above, it seems you're still restoring your preferred versions of "Sopranos" episode reviews whenever the text is altered by another editor. The goal here is to collaboratively improve these articles for accuracy and clarity; many of your summaries are incomplete, inaccurate or speculative in their details, and difficult to parse because of unattributed antecedents ("his", "who", etc). 2601:189:8001:C3F0:188E:3424:6443:16BE (talk) 13:59, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

I am not "following other editors around" as you discourteously wrote. I am watching the Sopranos synopses, and trying to retain their quality and their concision.

I agree that antecedents should be clear. We have no dispute about that.

It is simply not true that I am just restoring my preferred versions. Of course, not every proposed change is worth keeping but very often, out of respect for other editors, I incorporate their suggestions, though often rewritten and condensed.

Wikipedia recommends that a synopsis of a television episode should be just 400 words. That cannot apply to the Sopranos because so much is packed into each episode, but it is a reminder that synopses should be as brief as possible and only give basic information. In the synopsis of 'Irregular Round the Margins' you write about a darts match between Tony and Adriana, about darts dropping to the floor, and Adriana picking them up, and finding herself kneeling in front of Tony. That is very good drama, but in a synopsis it is, I'm afraid, a text-book example of unnecessary information. You write that they are interrupted "by a knock at the front door". Even those seven words are unnecessary information. April 31st (talk) 07:09, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

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I suggest you don't put back the contested version (you are messing around with a Featured Article. I will explain on the talk page, which is where the matter should be discussed. - SchroCat (talk) 07:53, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

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