On 20/05/07, Ken Arromdee arromdee@rahul.net wrote:
Well, one person already complained about it on that discussion page.
Fairly obviously, I'm asking about complaints that are from third-party readers, not participants in the current discussion, and that came up *before* I directly asked if such complaints existed ...
But of course, this sort of complaint isn't one for which people would contact Wikipedia. Honestly, if you read a spoiler and didn't like it, do you seriously think as a new user your first order of business would be to contact Wikipedia and complain?
Not in any sane world. However, in this one, they complain volubly and at length about *every other* possible aspect of our content. So the silence on this one is in fact a curious absence, and leads me to think that spoilers are something that sounds useful but isn't actually something the readers are expecting.
I did go looking for complaints. Just a quick search on blogsearch.google.com for "Wikipedia spoiler". I got the following at a glance, which show readers expecting Wikipedia *will* contain spoilers, per the general content disclaimer:
http://whedonesque.com/comments/13132 http://www.watching4400.com/summer-glau-signs-on-for-the-sarah-connor-chroni... http://neoaddict.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/jericho-spoilers/ http://www.krunk4ever.com/blog/?p=1079 (where he spoils ''300'' for himself by reading [[Leonidas]]) http://www.sescoops.com/wwe/Another_WWE_Judgment_Day_Spoiler_Revealed_IC_Tit... http://dicombobulationnotes.blogspot.com/2007/03/oh-humanity.html (expects spoilers, doesn't sound entirely pleased by this) http://pandagon.net/2007/03/11/if-youre-having-fun-youre-doing-it-wrong/#com... (uses Wikipedia as source for a spoiler) http://thirdcat.net/?p=168] ("Spoiler warnings are the scourge of modern civilisation") http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=188248 http://darklightcrusader.vox.com/library/post/heroes-2nd-final-episode-summa... http://library-bound.blogspot.com/2007/04/prestigious-prestidigitation.html
That's one even verging on annoyed that we contain too much information ...
What samples do others here see?
- d.