On 31 August 2010 15:16, Michel Vuijlsteke wikipedia@zog.org wrote:
I do not think many people are advocating removing information like the plot of a novel, movie or play.
No, they're just doing it. Thinking they're doing the right thing. This is problematic.
Whether a part of an article is a spoiler or not (and it's certainly not a black & white issue) is an interesting bit of metadata to add. There's a variety of ways to display this information in an articles -- collapsible paragraphs, a "spoiler warning" alert, white on white text, etc. Any of these display methods could have a "enough with the spoiler warnings" or "don't hide plot points from me anymore" -- that's just a UI point. Of course, it's a little late for that now. All that information was removed. Too bad.
How do you objectively and neutrally determine what is and isn't a spoiler?
- d.