On 6/24/06, Zero megamanzero521@yahoo.com wrote:
Yes, that sounds sensible. They are widely accepted now, as its (presumely) the "in" and "hip" thing to do about the internet. I, as an long-time and experienced editor am troubled by this attack upon our status as an encyclopedia and conveyance as a knowlegeable resource. And so I come with the spirit of advocacy to query and discuss the usefulness and relevance of a silly template with my fellow editors, hopefully in light of good outcome for the encyclopedia and its value as a informative resource. -Zero
FWIW, I also really would like the spoiler templates to be killed. Especially when I saw the [[Romeo and Juliet]] article. But consensus definitely seems be to that they should stay. It is possible to do without though. Like mentioned earlier, the german wikipedia doesn't has them and I believe the opera's project doesn't use them. But sometimes you also just have to accept that you can't convince people (can't imagine why anyone would not agree with me though :). Hey, if it were up to me I also would kill 90 % of the use of the current template. And some of the infoboxes. I guess I just don't like many templates. I don't know if this page was mentioned before but see also [[User:Shanes/Why tags are evil]]. But like I said, sometimes you just have to accept the fact that they are going to stay. But please do try to change consensus. :)
Garion