Editing Plot hole (section)

{{Short description|Gap or inconsistency in a storyline}}
In [[fiction]], a '''plot hole''', '''plothole''', or '''plot error''' is an [[Consistency|inconsistency]] in a [[Plot (narrative)|storyline]] that goes against the flow of [[logic]] established by the story's plot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/plot_hole|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907213709/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/plot_hole|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 7, 2017|title=plot hole {{!}} Definition of plot hole in English by Oxford Dictionaries|website=Oxford Dictionaries {{!}} English|access-date=2017-09-07}}</ref> 

Plot holes are usually created unintentionally, often as a result of [[editing]] or the writers simply forgetting that a new event would contradict previous events.

Sometimes viewers disagree on whether a certain plot element constitutes an error.