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

[Ken Arromdee]

On Sat, 15 Dec 2007, John Lee wrote:
> > Is there anyway to avoid having always visible spoiler warnings, while
> > allowing users who care about such things to either set a preference
> > to collapse spoiler sections or to be able to set a user.css or
> > user.js function to hide those sections?
> >
> > There does seem to be a few compromise positions available.
> 
> Yes, there is. I was one of the few (perhaps the only one) advocating
> them at the time of the debate on spoiler warnings. For some reason
> it's a compromise palatable to neither side. I guess that's why they
> call it a compromise.

I'd support such a compromise.

I think it's mostly the opponents who rigidly opposed everything related
to spoiler warnings.  It could just have well been BADSITES, except that
while there were a lot more spoiler warnings, they were a lot easier to
search for to take out.