On 6/24/06, Zero megamanzero521@yahoo.com wrote:
Its somewhat similar to the premise of a mother giving her lad a jacket in the wintertime without asking him if he desired one. Do we really assume our readers are that stupid...? If you see a header called "Plot" and there's three pharagraphs below it, then its obvious what lies within. This template is incredibly redundant.
Yes, you totally expect the plot. But, how would you know if the surprise ending is going to be revealed? How would you know that there *is* a surprise ending? Currently, you end up skipping the entire section (or the article) just to be sure.
It's really not redundant. Some films and books contain events that "spoil" the book once they're revealed. Some don't.
If there were previously some sort of a mass request where millions of readers requested this nonsense, advocating it assisted them in the informative reading of an encyclopedia, then I could possbily understand. Currently, it gives the entirely wrong impression of what an encyclopedia is and what its attempting to convey. This isn't a networking site.
Yes, wikipedia isn't myspace.com. So what's your point?
Steve