On 5/23/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 5/20/07, David Gerard <dgerard(a)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
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