Ken Arromdee wrote:
On Fri, 18 May 2007, David Gerard wrote:
Here's a question: do we have a source for the fact that a given fact is the spoiler? Or is it just an editor deciding?
That question is like asking "do we have a source for the fact that something is notable enough to have an article?" Meta decisions don't require sources.
No, not at all - by analogy to living biographies, where we do need sources for facts being important, rather than merely documented.
Not in the same sense. We need sources as evidence for importance, but we don't require that a source actually say "this fact is important". Importance is something we deduce from sources, not something which must be explicitly stated in them.
You aren't addressing the question though. It was about the fact that a given fact is a spoiler, or that it does in fact spoil someone's enjoyment. The question said nothing about "importance" or "notability". Referring to these throws in red herrings for the sole purpose of having a question that was easier to answer than the one that was actually asked.
When you say that these plot outlines, or other facts about the work of fiction, will spoil someone's enjoyment of the work how do you know that? The whole idea that it will happen seems like nothing more than wishful thinking fan-cruft.
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