[WikiEN-l] From the Dawn of Spoilers

[Chris Howie]

Anthony wrote:
> On 5/19/07, Philip Sandifer <sandifer at english.ufl.edu> wrote:
> 
> Oh yeah, something else, which I actually think is still a useful
> point today.  Sanger suggests the following text for the spoiler
> template: "The following, like all Wikipedia plot summaries, may give
> away plot surprises."

How about something like.  "The following may contain spoilers.  But in all
honesty, if you didn't want to read them you wouldn't be reading a plot
summary, would you?"

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Chris Howie
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