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Question on copyrights...

Hi, I noticed that you removed my summary for plagiarism and then added it back. I was wondering, if I can't synopsis from the original site, where are all the summaries from? I know for a fact that some of the shows aren't out yet, so people haven't watched them. Just curious. (I put a summary for Mei Wei Guan Xi before I saw your edit of my edit, so then I removed it.) Thanks!

Most of the synopses are actually written by us, using external sources as inspiration. At least that's how the Japanese drama synopses are written. As for the Korean and Chinese drama articles, many of the articles are packed with plagiarism, and we're slowly cleaning it up. So don't use the other articles as examples. Groink 19:43, 27 Feb 2007 (CST

Problem editing a page

I've been trying to put Awards information in for the Jdorama article Shiroi Kyoto (2003), but keep getting this error heading and page: 500.shtml (There is currently no text in this page). Can you please help? Thanks. --Lady Zhuge 19:31, 5 Mar 2007 (CST)

It appears that there may be caching problems in the MediaWiki software that runs DramaWiki. I'll forward this to Ruroshin. Groink 21:16, 5 Mar 2007 (CST)

i also got the error 500.shtml for the Fubuki Jun and Ohkura Koji pages. Marienella

synopsis

the synopsis is limited to 150 words, is that right? i changed the synopsis for this drama, Netsuretsu Teki Chuuka Hanten, because basically it can be summarized in just 2 sentences. however, the editor who put the long summary reverted it back, she retained 203 words from the old summary then she put the link where she got it. i dont understand why you have to put the whole article copied from the english Fuji website, if you can just basically summarize it in just 2 to sentences. if that is allowed, then is it alright to just copy and link all the summaries from the TV websites? Marienella

Thanks for inquiring. I don't understand either why people can't just link to a synopsis rather than copying it. I would let 203 words slide by; that's just a few words longer than we would like. Japanese articles - I don't see a problem with length in general seeing most translations from the official sites are short anyway. However, it appears that the Korean TV networks like writing very lengthy English-written synopses because they're basically trying to sell their viewers their shows, and that their fans like details. Chinese synopses in general are almost as bad, but it is simply because Chinese drama fans are a lot more fanatic about their shows than the rest of us. So in short, NO, copying an entire synopsis off a TV network or other site is not allowed. You can copy the first one or two sentences, and then provide a link to the rest of the article. But I would prefer that we start writing our own. We all watch these dramas, so you would figure we should at least be able to summarize what we watched. Groink 00:32, 22 Mar 2007 (CDT)

"Goong S" is not related to "Goong"

"Stop removing Goong S from the article. Goong, Goong S, and Goong 2 are all related series. Groink 02:52, 16 Mar 2007 (CDT)"

Can you please tell me how Goong S would be related to Goong? I have been following the legal issues since the beginning and both dramas are NOT related to each other in anyways besides the similar plot. (That is why Goong S is no longer Goong S but it is now named Prince Who.) If you can find any OFFICIAL statement from MBC or Group 8 about Goong S being related to Goong, then I would drop the issue. I seriously do not want other people reading misleading information and getting themselves confused as to if Goong S is really the sequel, which is is not. -- unsigned by Aquafina (Talk)

Note that we use the terminology "related series". We are not saying that the two dramas contain the same casting or writers. We associate two dramas if the two have very similar genre and/or very similar storylines. For example, in the Japanese drama area, it is not unusual for us to say that two jidaigeki dramas are "related" seeing they both are in the same era, both have very similar storylines, and other similaries, even though the two are aired on two completely different networks, written by two totally different people, and the characters are totally different. That's what your problem is - you're mis-interpreting the use of "related series" on DramaWiki. Believe me - it is you fans who are confusing the issue on your blog sites; DramaWiki is NOT contributing to the confusion. Groink 22:23, 27 Mar 2007 (CDT)

Smiling Pasta

Hello, I noticed that you added season 2 for Smiling Pasta. I'm not trying to prove you wrong or anything, I would like to know the source of the season 2? Because I have searched among many Chinese resources and none of them indicate that there will be a seaon 2.