[WikiEN-l] Actual data on spoiler warning uses by the public

[Todd Allen]

joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu wrote:
> Quoting Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com>:
>
>   
>> On 16/12/2007, joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu <joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu> wrote:
>>     
>>> See http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6424&p=147306#p147306
>>>
>>> In retrospect I'm not sure why no one did this before. The sample isn't
>>> exactly
>>> representative (since it is xkcd fora). But one interesting thing 
>>> seems clear;
>>> the public prefers spoiler warnings on Wikipedia and uses them.
>>>       
>> Well... thirty people on an internet forum prefer spoiler warnings and
>> use them. I'm not entirely sure we can generalise from that to "the
>> public" with any degree of confidence.
>>     
>
> That's true. The sample size is very small. But considering that one argument
> made in favor of spoiler removal was that the spoiler-removal was favored by
> the public this preliminary data doesn't seem to back that up at all and if
> anything shows the other direction.
>
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If you check recent changes, it's also apparent that a large number of
people are in favor of vandalism. That doesn't mean we should start
allowing it.

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