On May 15, 2007, at 1:55 AM, Sam Blacketer wrote:
Spoiler templates are overused but getting rid of all of them is too extreme. Perhaps only really vital plot twists should be covered? Meanwhile the idea of a foldable spoiler warning for articles in the class of 'the whole thing is a spoiler' is worth trying.
That would help somewhat with the secondary concern I have, which is that they're silly. But it really wouldn't help with my biggest concern - some articles cannot be written well if they are to dance around spoilers. [[The Crying Game]] is in some ways the most vital example here. The film's twist makes it a major film from a perspective of LGBT cinema. But because we're obsessed with burying the twist ending, that doesn't get brought up early on at all. Frankly, this is a NPOV violation - key aspects of the film get buried far outside of the lead where they belong.
-Phil