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As for why it said “only source is invalid”, that EXACT WORDING was used to delete pages related to this story, that is to say, elements from it such as [[The Curious Incident of David Cameron and the Pig in the Night Time]] (lol, by the way), so it seems it may have been a simple error caused but muscle memory to put that summary here (although, to clarify, the actual deletion of the page was obviously deliberate). Talking of links, [[Number Two]], which appears to be referring to the The Prisoner character, actually links to a page on some Dalek from a comic... so... there’s that. As for that references section, it’s really weird. If all this stuff actually happens in the book, it’s one a wild eight-page book! Not least that bit about how Sherlock Holmes actually founded new Labour. Honestly, this page itself is even less coherent than the ebook excerpt. [[User:NightmareofEden|NightmareofEden]] [[User talk:NightmareofEden|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:30, October 27, 2020 (UTC) | As for why it said “only source is invalid”, that EXACT WORDING was used to delete pages related to this story, that is to say, elements from it such as [[The Curious Incident of David Cameron and the Pig in the Night Time]] (lol, by the way), so it seems it may have been a simple error caused but muscle memory to put that summary here (although, to clarify, the actual deletion of the page was obviously deliberate). Talking of links, [[Number Two]], which appears to be referring to the The Prisoner character, actually links to a page on some Dalek from a comic... so... there’s that. As for that references section, it’s really weird. If all this stuff actually happens in the book, it’s one a wild eight-page book! Not least that bit about how Sherlock Holmes actually founded new Labour. Honestly, this page itself is even less coherent than the ebook excerpt. [[User:NightmareofEden|NightmareofEden]] [[User talk:NightmareofEden|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:30, October 27, 2020 (UTC) | ||
::…No, sorry, that bit about Holmes being a politician was just a copypaste error when I tried to starting beating the References section into shape. I have yet to read this thing (I am disinclined to so long as it costs 99 sodding pounds; I'm curious, but not ''that'' curious), but I'd guess its plot involves some kind of manmade virtual reality with [[Remake]]-type simulacra of various famous figure, among them Holmes and the politicians. | |||
::[[Number Two]]-the-Dalek really should be dabbed in ''any'' case, so at least something useful will have come out of this even if we delete this page again. | |||
::And, you're probably right concerning the origins of that edit summary. Digging a little more, I find that [[User:PicassoAndPringles]] actually gave some kind of rationale on the talk page of [[User:HolmestoHomes]], although this is of course a pretty irregular place to put an invalidity rationale. The rationale also doesn't seem to ''quite'' pass muster. Picasso alleges that it's fanfiction, but their only evidence of this is that "it's self-published". | |||
::Not only is this not actually the definition of fanfiction at ''al'' (there are licensed self-published products, and unlicensed products put out by recognised publishers; see, for example, Obverse's Cushingverse charity books) — but it doesn't seem to be the case, ''prima facie'', that ''The Concept of War'' was self-published. Something called [[Cacteraldi Publishing]] is clearly listed on the Amazon page as the publisher. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 16:40, October 27, 2020 (UTC) | |||