[WikiEN-l] So what was the outcome of the spoilerwar?

[Guy Chapman aka JzG]

On Thu, 31 May 2007 15:51:17 +1000, "Steve Bennett"
<stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

>Can anyone give me a 1-sentence description of the net outcome of the
>recent spoiler war?

There never was and probably never will be a policy, only a guideline.

As it stands, there seems to be broad support for the idea that
spoiler tags are redundant in plot / synopsis sections, absurd in
articles on older and especially classic works, a substitute for
{{original research}} in articles on future or forthcoming films, and
possibly defensible in a small number of cases for new releases where
knowing the plot twist is identified by external sources as a spoiler
for the subject.

That's my reading, anyway.

Guy (JzG)
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