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

[Nico Montes]

the removal was not to say that spoilers should never be included, it
was that spoilers should be expected in sections named "Plot" and were
redundant. Removing spoilers would violate wikipedia is not censored.

On Nov 19, 2007 10:07 AM, Ian Woollard <ian.woollard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Seems to me removal of the spoilers was non consensus and is a
> position only being maintained by technical difficulties of reverting
> and threats. This is so not good.
>
> My position is that spoilers *should* be included if identification of
> information as a spoiler is verifiable to a notable and reliable
> source.
>
> The removal was performed in such a way as to indicate that spoilers
> should not ever be included; and that position is at odds with the
> fundamental core principles of the wikipedia.
>
>
>
> On 19/11/2007, Ken Arromdee <arromdee at rahul.net> wrote:
> > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Ken Arromdee wrote:
> > > Of course, were anyone to try this, they'd get punished for edit warring,
> > > and even if *that* problem was overcome, it would simply become a contest
> > of
> > > endurance.
> >
> > I'll add that doing this would have to be preceded by reverting the spoiler
> > warning template and any relevant policies.  Trying to do that would result
> > in an edit war in which the spoiler opponents would be considered innocent
> > and
> > the spoiler proponents would be considered guilty, on the grounds that
> > status
> > quo protects the current version and that a consensus is necessary to change
> > it.
> >
> >
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> -Ian Woollard
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> imperfect world things would be a lot better.
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