On 15/05/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG
<guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote:
On Tue, 15 May 2007 18:49:33 +0100, doc
<doc.wikipedia(a)ntlworld.com>
wrote:
when this crap juvenile starts getting into our
mainstream arts
coverage - and particularly historical works - we just look bloody
ridiculous.
You are so right. What next? Spoiler warnings in [[Dinosaur]] (they
died out)? Patent silliness.
I just removed spoiler warnings from [[Agatha Christie]] ... and
[[anagram]]. What on earth.
I've added a note to [[Template:Spoiler]] noting it should be kept to
very recent and unreleased fiction.
Right, I've done A. We have a whole alphabet to get through.
I've just done [[All Quiet on the Western Front]] and [[The Birth of a
Nation]] (1915 movie). It all makes me wonder. On a site where there
is so much concern about marketting and spam it seems completely
contrary to have spoiler warnings. Spoiler warnings are a _marketting_
tool; they want to make people curious enough to see the movie, watch
the programme, read the book. Look at the fuss and secrecy surrounding
the last time that a volume of Harry Potter was issued, and the legal
threats over the early release of a few copies.
I can understand there can be a concern in the few days surrounding the
release of a film, but once it is released the whole film is released.
I don't think that it's up to us to be complicit in the movie industry's
spamming policy.
Ec