On 6/22/07, William Pietri <william(a)scissor.com> wrote:
I'm not saying we should spoiler-safety on a
pedestal above all else.
But I am saying that some significant fraction of our readers haven't
seen Citizen Kane but will, and would rather not accidentally learn the
secret.
I seriously doubt it's the case that a "significant fraction" of the
people who read the [[Citizen Kane]] article 1) haven't seen the
movie; 2) plan on seeing the movie; 3) don't know what "rosebud" is;
and 4) don't want to know what "rosebud" is. Please note that I'm not
doubting that a significant fraction of the population fits those 4
criteria, but merely that a significant fraction of those people who
go to Wikipedia and read the article on [[Citizen Kane]] do.
I also don't think the current [[Citizen Kane]] article is
particularly useful for those who fit those 4 criteria, and I wouldn't
suggest that anyone intent on not learning the secrets of a movie ever
read a wiki article on that movie which anyone can edit.