On 5/23/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/20/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Do spoiler warnings in Wikipedia actually serve the public at all?
Very poor form of me to reply twice to the same message, but I'd like to relate an experience I had this morning. I was led to this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_hardest_logic_puzzle_ever
I am extremely grateful for the spoiler warning. I was able to read the intro, which describes the problem. Then I saw the spoiler warning, and thought for a couple of seconds, and decided I didn't want the answer yet. Whereupon I was late for work due to spending an hour discussing the problem with my girlfriend.
Apparently, it's been removed.
Does anyone really think we should scrap the spoiler warning on that article? And if so, how are we better serving our readers, or improving our encyclopaedia?
You tell me.~~~~
Steve