Zero <megamanzero521(a)Yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi, I'm George, and I'm a Wikipedia Editor, and
a I'm a Wikipedia reader, too.
The dichotomy of "editors" not being
"users" is false. We're a subset
of readership. We should not use our judgement to assume what r>eaders
want arbitrarily, but using common sense is different. Spoiler
warnings are common in other online forums, and have been for a long
time, and they're there for a reason. They're there because some
people object to spoilers. Sometimes a majority of readers object to
spoilers.
Indeed. However, I do recall the premise that wikipedia isn't a forum. That's a
strawman argument. It isn't possible for wikipedia to spoil an reader because that is
the point of wikipedia (to provide elaborate summeries). An encyclopedia is an device
through which to provide knowledge and in this area, I paticularly, believe we excell.
Readers object to spoilers..? What does that have to do with us..? Are they paying us..?
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