Zero wrote:
Poll..? I assume that's in reference to the template on its nomination to TFD somewhat a time back.
That sounds about right.
No, that's not liking it, its many new editors fooled into thinking this has a purpose at the time of their arrival on the encyclopedia. A quick check depicted many of these editors had not participated in wikipedia discussion...
Hang on a sec. A minute ago you were complaining that the decision to keep the spoiler templates was being paternalistically made by a bunch of editors who didn't necessarily know what "readers" wanted. Now you're complaining that the people participating in the poll didn't have enough experience to make them "real editors" -- but I guess that makes them readers.
It's simple: six out of seven poll respondents said, "We like the spoiler templates. They're useful. Keep them." What more do you want?
One editor noted "Are you crazy...? This template has been along for awhile !" Chuck, the deletion nominator queried him on how that had any relevance to its usefulness. Curiously, none of the editors in keep could rebute him
Perhaps the "Are you crazy?" editor didn't happen back to see the question. Perhaps people thought it was too obvious to need answering.
As I recall making a comment earlier on the wikipeida talkpage, none of the defensive editors could answer ethier. "I'm sorry, but most people like them".
Yup. Most people do.
As of my most recent e-mail, I asked how the template assisted the encyclopedia or its goals or if there were any edvidence of its informative capacity. The questions still haven't been answere
Okay, since you insist: How do spoiler tags assist the encyclopedia? Answer: Readers who (for whatever reason) want to read about a movie they have not yet seen, or a book they have not yet read, and who do not want to inadvertently learn of any "spoiler" plot details, appreciate the presence of these tags. This is not a merely hypothetical concern; there's good evidence that there are real Wikipedia readers who fall into this category.