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Spoiling the movie?[edit]

What is the policy here for telling the end of the movie?Ykral (talk) 11:56, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The policy is that the end is very much relevant to the article. Whether the movie is "spoiled" has nothing to do with Wikipedia's purpose. I came here specifically to learn the ending, to see if the dog is shot to death. I correctly trusted Wikipedia to tell me. I'm never been the slightest in watching the movie, and I can't imagine that changing. I doubt I'm alone. TheScotch (talk) 18:15, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Movie vs. the book[edit]

The movie was different from the book in a number of ways, most significantly in how it ended. In the book, Travis didn't lock Old Yeller up in the corn crib after he was bitten by the wolf. He shot him immediately. This was a much more realistic ending, because that's probably what a real pioneer family would have done.

In fairness, the movie version added a great dramatic effect, so I guess a little "artistic license" is understandable.24.56.113.189 (talk) 18:56, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not the place to give book reports or post amateur movie reviews. TheScotch (talk) 18:17, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Clumsy reversion[edit]

I'm reverting back to my minor edits to the plot section, which a user at 216.15.67.199 manually reverted 4 times in less than 15 minutes. Mine were solid edits, improving the article, but the user's reversions damage the article, taking it further away from encyclopedic standards.

First, details re-added such as what tools people were using to cut down trees, or what they fed the animals are not relevant to the plot.

Second, phrases like "the raccoons were gone for good" following the phrase "Yeller attacks, chasing the raccoons out of the cornfield," are redundant, irrelevant to the plot, and in this case make a run-on sentence.

Third, this user does not pay attention to grammar, as evidenced by this sentence he or she reverted to: "When they got back to the farm, the puppy took a piece of meat, that pup learned it from his father, Old Yeller."

I'd try and contact the user, but they are not logging in.

Reverting. If this happens again, I'll tag for Copy editing. Looking at the article's history, this strikes me as vandalism. O0drogue0o (talk) 10:31, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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