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The Plot section is too long

The Plot section of the article is way too long. It just gives the plot outlines from their respective pages verbatim. Inclusion of the Prologue is unnecessary here (as it's on the FOTR page) and the Appendices need not be so detailed here either. The plot of each of the volumes should be condensed and need not be split by book - this level of detail should be left for the individual volume pages. – Dyolf87 (talk) 13:34, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

I agree it's a bit too long.--Jack Upland (talk) 00:52, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
All right, condensed. I do hope this doesn't start the fans editing the plot all over again: the #included plots did deter casual editing. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:00, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
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