Steve Bennett wrote:
On 5/15/07, doc
<doc.wikipedia(a)ntlworld.com> wrote:
Much easier to delete {{spoiler}} and write an
encyclopedia. What next?
If, of course, it's easier to piss off your readers and alienate your
editors. I mean, it's always "easier" if everyone just does what you
want, isn't it?
Steve
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Why would anyone go to an encyclopedia, which covers literary works
in-depth and as a whole, and not expect to have it "spoiled"? If I went
to an encyclopedia and found that only part of a work had been covered
in the interest of avoiding "spoilers", I'd be pissed off! If I'm
looking up encyclopedia coverage of a work, I expect to see a discussion
of every important aspect of that work, and generally the climax and
ending are critically important to a work. If I want to see a work of
fiction "unspoiled", here's a thought-I read/watch it before I go
digging for information on it!
But if you have no idea where the spoiler is located in the article, you
can't look up anything about the work until after you finished because you
could have it spoiled otherwise.
Mgm