Talk:The Ipcress File (film)

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Greater clarity and NPOV needed[edit]

Rather than simply criticize, the rewrite aims at returning the article to a more encyclopedic style and make it flow better. The Production section has been rewritten to read less like a personal thesis and to stay focussed on the subject of the article. The deleted paragraph there was repetitious and completely unreferenced. Other sections looked like scrappy collections of miscellaneous information and have been reorganized. Sweetpool50 (talk) 04:44, 20 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, yes. But am pretty certain I did not write the whole paragraph you deleted. Philip Cross (talk) 09:12, 20 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't think you did. We seemed to be performing a clean-up at the same time, which is why the explanation above is expressed impersonally...as a warning to would-be wholesale reverters! But while we're at it, Philip Cross, making piecemeal edits is infuriating and not particularly professional. Try copying the areas you want to edit to your sandbox first, or to a Word doc., and then paste the whole lot back when you've finished. & ALWAYS LEAVE AN EDIT SUMMARY or no one will take you seriously. Sweetpool50 (talk) 09:40, 20 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think we are going off-topic here, even venturing into WP:FORUM. It might be best to copy & paste this some or all of this discussion onto my talk page, but for now I will discuss the issues you raise here.

Each editor works in his, or occasionally her, own way. Piecemeal edits are easier to revert & change. In fact, I do use my sandbox pages for edits which may be controversial or have the potential to irritate other editors, as it prevents my work from being derailed. Even so, massive a expansion of any article by one editor has the potential to irritate other editors as well. So there is no ideal solution. Philip Cross (talk) 11:44, 20 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]