[WikiEN-l] {{spoiler}} vs. writing a goddamn encyclopedia

[Slim Virgin]

On 5/14/07, Philip Sandifer <snowspinner at gmail.com> wrote:
> Although this issue has been done to death (though I tend to think
> the debate has mostly been a matter of people from outside the
> relevant fandoms saying "Erm, these are totally unencyclopedic" and
> then the fandoms shouting a lot and getting their way), I'd like to
> note that the focus on spoiler warnings and on not revealing spoilers
> in an article is, in a fundamental sense, totally contrary to the
> process of writing an encyclopedia.
>
Someone once tried to add the spoiler template to [[Night (book)]] --
which is about the Holocaust. :-|

Sarah