[WikiEN-l] So what was the outcome of the spoilerwar?

[Steve Bennett]

On 6/2/07, Tony Sidaway <tonysidaway at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's not wilful ignorance on my part.  The spoiler tags are demeaning
> and insulting,

No they're not. Well, at least I feel neither demeaned nor insulted.

>they're eyesores,

So make them prettier.

>they make us look like some poxy fan site,

All that separates us from a poxy fan site is a spoiler warning? We have issues.

>and if used as you suggest they impost artificial
> constraints on the article body and make it impossible to write a
> proper article lead.

Why would details of the plot and especially its ending, be found in
the lead? The lead usually just covers the fact that it's a successful
film and is the 3rd in the trilogy or whatever. I could accept that
for *some* articles it's hard to write a lead without giving away the
spoiler. But I don't accept that that is often, let alone always the
case.


>If there are *any* advantages to have these, it
> seems to be that they coddle people who are stupid to tell the
> difference between a DVD box cover and an encyclopedia article.

I see. Spoiler warnings are insulting and demeaning. But your attitude isn't.

Steve