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Descendants films (and other musical films in general)
[edit]I just reverted edits in the first three Descendants films' articles where the editor added in the plot sections the titles of songs in parentheses, placing them where an element in the plot leads to the song's appearance in the film. [1][2][3] This I think is excessive and unencyclopedic, and only serves a particular audience of readers; those not familiar with the franchise and having not watched any of the films will have no idea or context for these song titles being referenced in the plot. If I remember right, this has been done before on this set of articles. And I see this has been done in the articles for Disney Channel's two Teen Beach films and the first two High School Musical films as well.
Looking at some classic musical films (e.g., The Sound of Music, Grease, and Saturday Night Fever), this kind of practice is not done at all in their plots. MPFitz1968 (talk) 15:55, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
- I agree. The song titles add nothing of value to the basic plot description. In a musical a song is part of the story and what is in a song is more important. In general parentheticals of any sort detract from ease of reading for understanding so should be rarely used. Geraldo Perez (talk) 16:28, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
- @MPFitz1968: This has been a semi-ongoing issue from IPs over the years. Why they feel it's necessary I have no idea. Amaury • 18:38, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
- @MPFitz1968: Separate comment to successfully ping due to typo in previous comment. Amaury • 18:39, 19 October 2024 (UTC)