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The paragraph below in the summary would benefit from being combined with the paragraph above. I see that in past revisions of the page this was the case. While I understand the line is meant to summarize the section in Personal Views, it stands out as jarring being its own paragraph.
I Propose formatting it as such:
"Card's fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes.
Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; his opposition to homosexuality has provoked public criticism."
or perhaps adding it to the second to last paragraph as such:
"He earned a master's degree in English from the University of Utah in 1981 and wrote novels in science fiction, fantasy, nonfiction, and historical fiction genres starting in 1979. Card continued to write prolifically, and he has published over 50 novels and 45 short stories. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writing; his opposition to homosexuality in these writings has provoked public criticism"
Since my last change was reverted, I would like to put this as a suggestion for a nicer formatting.
I don't see any reason to combine this paragraph with other material. The lead paragraph discusses his well-known science fiction writing. The following paragraph discussing other work makes sense. Yes I undid your last edit, but what you conveniently didn't mention is that your edit completely dropped the mention of his opposition to homosexuality, with the weak explanation that we didn't need to mention it because it was mentioned elsewhere in the article. Meters (talk) 01:11, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I did edit it to remove that mention due to it having 2 different sections, with 4 total subsections on political controversy, which seems a tad excessive, But whatever. I agree that I was mistaken in removing reference to those controversies. I do however feel that writing those controversies may take up a excessive amount of article space. Since most of these controversies are tied to his essays, it would make more sense to tie it to those essays in the summary if that makes sense.
Mainly I feel that a whole paragraph distracts the reader from the MEAT of the article (Life, works, influence and style, themes, ect.) and onto the controversy section. which the personal views section might as well be. It could be better incorporated into the MEAT of the article by tying it to works.
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