Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote: On 6/24/06, Zero wrote:
As I recall making a comment earlier on the wikipeida talkpage, none of the defensive editors could answer ethier. "I'm sorry, but most people like them". I don't paticularly concern myself too much in the practice of the matter on an emotional level, but I am very inclined to question the relevance. As of my most recent e-mail, I asked how the template assisted the encyclopedia or its goals or if there were any edvidence of its informative capacity. The questions still haven't been answered. -Zero
The template assists the encyclopaedia and its goals as follows:
- It builds trust in our readership - trust that we value them and
their enjoyment of reading us
- It would allow us to collect information on which movies/books/tv
shows are deemed "spoilable"
It is informative as follows:
- It describes the specific presence and nature of a spoiler within a
given article
- It permits a separation of the plot, separating that which spoils
from that which doesn't.
- It allows readers who do not wish to be "spoilt" to read the whole
rest of the article without fear. -Steve
"Read the article without fear"....? What on earth are you talking about...?
"Trust in our readership"...? As if sweating day and night making them articles of good quality weren't trustworthy enough! -Zero
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