On 5/22/07, Gabe Johnson gjzilla@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/21/07, Skyring skyring@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/22/07, Gabe Johnson gjzilla@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/21/07, Skyring skyring@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/22/07, John Lee johnleemk@gmail.com wrote:
The result is that in many cases, spoiler tags encompass whole
sections of
articles, even if not really necessary, simply because someone
feels
that
X is a spoiler and should be covered. As someone (I think it was
Phil
Sandifer?) pointed out, in such a case, we might as well mark the
whole
encyclopaedia with spoiler tags because virtually every bit of
information
could be an unwanted surprise to someone.
I'm shocked, shocked to find that infomonging is going on in here!
-- Peter in Canberra
*sigh* No one is suggesting eliminating, or even hiding (as in invisibility), the spoilers. We just want a little template at the top.
"WARNING: May contain information."
-- Peter in Canberra
OK, here's when they will be useful. I want to know the background of the Movie X before I go out to see it. You know, the actors, filming locations, etc. But not the plot. Do I not deserve to know what will spoil my fun, even when there is a perfectly functioning and unobtrusive system established for that purpose?
Please refer back to my earlier email about the difficulty of defining spoilers. If you don't want information about the entire movie, then don't refer to an article which *gasp* has information about the whole thing.
Johnleemk