David Gerard wrote:
On 15/05/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
On Tue, 15 May 2007 18:49:33 +0100, doc doc.wikipedia@ntlworld.com wrote:
when this crap juvenile starts getting into our mainstream arts coverage - and particularly historical works - we just look bloody ridiculous.
You are so right. What next? Spoiler warnings in [[Dinosaur]] (they died out)? Patent silliness.
I just removed spoiler warnings from [[Agatha Christie]] ... and [[anagram]]. What on earth.
I've added a note to [[Template:Spoiler]] noting it should be kept to very recent and unreleased fiction.
Right, I've done A. We have a whole alphabet to get through.
I've just done [[All Quiet on the Western Front]] and [[The Birth of a Nation]] (1915 movie). It all makes me wonder. On a site where there is so much concern about marketting and spam it seems completely contrary to have spoiler warnings. Spoiler warnings are a _marketting_ tool; they want to make people curious enough to see the movie, watch the programme, read the book. Look at the fuss and secrecy surrounding the last time that a volume of Harry Potter was issued, and the legal threats over the early release of a few copies.
I can understand there can be a concern in the few days surrounding the release of a film, but once it is released the whole film is released. I don't think that it's up to us to be complicit in the movie industry's spamming policy.
Ec