[WikiEN-l] Reflections on the end of the spoiler wars

[joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu]

Quoting David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>:

> On 16/11/2007, Ken Arromdee <arromdee at rahul.net> wrote:
>
>> If the whole thing was limited to removing spoiler warnings from nursery
>> rhymes, I wouldn't complain.  The typical article with a spoiler warning
>> removed is not about a nursery rhyme, and you have to know this.
>
>
> No, the *typical* spoiler warning was one that warned that the ==Plot
> summary== might reveal important details about the plot.

I don't think anyone is defending the spoiler warnings ahead of plot summaries
either. However, given that, I'm having trouble thinking of what sort of
spoiler uses the defenders are still in favor of. Examples might be helpful.