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:Agree that it should be only Disne Channel as it is the primary network it started on. This has been done with Raven's Home and a few other shows that were released on Disney Plus later. [[User:Magical Golden Whip|Magical Golden Whip]] ([[User talk:Magical Golden Whip|talk]]) 20:44, 6 November 2024 (UTC)
== Plot summaries for multi-part episodes/multi-episode serials ==
The plot section states that "Episode articles should have a prose plot summary of no more than 400 words," a standard also mentioned on [[WP:PLOTSUM]]. This handles standalone episodes fine enough -- however, it runs into problems when we account for articles that cover multi-episode stories. For instance, the first 26 seasons of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' consist of stories that typically span four to six episodes, with a couple more extreme cases encompassing [[The War Games|ten]] and [[The Daleks' Master Plan|twelve]]. Similarly, ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has several multi-part episodes across its three seasons, such as the two-episode "[[The Secret of the Fire Nation]]" and the four-part "[[Sozin's Comet]]".
In cases like these, my approach up to this point was to consider each article's contents one "episode" despite being produced and aired as multiple interconnected ones; this resulted in a lot of trimming in order to fit the plots within 400 words, sometimes throwing out plot-relevant details that connect these episodes to other installments or elaborate upon things like character motives and backstories. However, another user sent me a message arguing that these articles would probably benefit from a higher word limit due to how the stories in question were put together and how this reflects on the plots. Given this, would it be a good idea to expand the word limit for articles on multi-story episodes (within reason of course -- I'm not suggesting that we need five thousand words to concisely summarize "The Daleks' Master Plan")? [[User:Game4brains|Game4brains]] ([[User talk:Game4brains|talk]]) 07:43, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
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