[WikiEN-l] {{spoiler}} vs. writing a goddamn encyclopedia

[Mark Gallagher]

G'day Ken,

> On Wed, 16 May 2007, Gallagher Mark George wrote:
> 
>>I see it as, "Our less clueful brethren busy pushing {{spoiler}} on everyone wouldn't be so enthusiastic if they saw it as merely an advertising technique rather than a necessity.  We shouldn't buy into the film industry's games."
> 
> Well, Usenet has been using spoiler warnings for around 20 years and it has
> no connection whatsoever with the advertising industry.

Hey, I didn't say I agreed with him (or what I thought he said), just 
that it was far less offensive than the interpretation Mark chose to take.



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Mark Gallagher
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