On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:03:29 -0800 (PST), Ken Arromdee arromdee@rahul.net wrote:
whether it's being banned or blocked, it's pretty much the same problem: users *cannot* put spoiler warnings back in because they could be punished for edit-warring and contradicting consensus, when at the same time the fact that nobody puts them back is used to *prove* consensus, which is a classic catch-22.
There's a god example: there was a spoiler tag in Catch-22. Despite the fact that the supposed spoiler is discussed in every independent reference to the book. And as for the one in The Three Little Pigs (I kid you not)...
The fact is that spoiler tags were a terrible idea. {{current fiction}} documents an objectively provable fact, that this fiction is current (so if you haven't read the book, don't read the article). Who says what's a spoiler and what isn't? My copy of Halliwell doesn't have spoiler warnings.Spoiler warnings are for review shows and fansites.
Guy (JzG)