don't we have this?: Inspired By

Inspired by… — Isn't this the same thing as Very Loosely Based on a True Story? I fail to see the difference.

I can't see any reason not to merge and add Inspired by… as a redirect to Very Loosely Based on a True Story.

Bump. Sounds good to me.

I think the difference is Inspired By implies the writers are saying, "We got the basic idea of this from a true story, but we took plenty of liberties," and Very Loosely implies they're saying, "This is based solidly on fact," when they actually took several liberties.

No, that's Dan Browned. I always thought this referred to when writers admit their work was inspired by another work of fiction without being a direct adaptation or a Spiritual Sequel or something like that. There are several examples of this in the wicks. Can't we redefine it to that instead of wasting it as a redirect?

Bump. There is now a single prop merge crowner here.

I think I'd almost rather broaden Inspired by… to cover both real life and other works examples.

My favorite example of the latter was a show, named after a movie and a book, which claimed to be "inspired by characters from a book by..." (emphasis mine). It definitely was not a Spiritual Sequel in any sense. :)

But I'm easy either way.

Or like the Magic The Gathering card Creepy Doll◊ was inspired by the Jonathan Coulton song of the same name?

In the alternative (if we don't broaden Inspired by…), I recommend that we broaden Very Loosely Based on a True Story (which honestly may be broad enough already) and merge as suggested. The distinction (if any) is fairly subtle and minute as it is.

edited 29th Aug '11 11:49:09 AM by Xtifr

Crowner stbilized at 3:1 (9 yes, 3 no); locked.

Start working on the merge. I'd suggest a sandbox page for that.