Forum:SH Archive/Tense for Plot Summaries

What tense should be used for plot summaries? The Manual of Style's section on tense clearly states that in-universe articles should be written in past tense, but does not say anything at all about out of universe articles. When it comes to plot summaries, things get murky because they are summarizing an out-of-universe product about in-universe events. I tried to find a precedent, but it looks like other editors are confused as well. I see that some plot summaries are written in present sense (e.g. Outbound Flight) while others are written in past tense (e.g. Mist Encounter). Which tense should they be written in? Should the Manual of Style address it? -Thunderforge (talk) 07:27, July 21, 2013 (UTC)