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

[Ray Saintonge]

Ken Arromdee wrote:

>On Wed, 16 May 2007, Gallagher Mark George wrote:
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>>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."
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>Well, Usenet has been using spoiler warnings for around 20 years and it has
>no connection whatsoever with the advertising industry.
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The less said about what happens on usenet the better. :-)

Advertising techniques are all the more effective when they become 
systemic, and the user doesn't know that that's what he is doing.

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