On Wed, 23 May 2007, Anthony wrote:
As long as {{spoiler}} continues to read
"Spoiler warning: Plot or
ending
details follow.", people are going to
continue to use the tag any time
plot
or ending details follow. In fact, my anecdotal
evidence is that most
of
the {{spoiler}} tags I come across are applied
wholesale to an entire
plot
section.
The solution to this is to reword the spoiler warning, not to eliminate
it.
How about
"Spoiler warning: plot or ending details follow that some readers may not
wish
to see".
Almost the same, but nobody is likely to put that on the Three Little
Pigs.
"Spoiler warning: plot twists or surprise endings follow" is less wordy and
accomplishes the same thing. I'd support the change, but I think it'd be
hard to make such a change stick, since it'd instantly cause a ton of
articles to contain inaccurate warnings.
Anthony