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

Gabe Johnson gjzilla at gmail.com
Fri May 18 21:24:12 UTC 2007


On 5/18/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 18/05/07, Matthew Brown <morven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > True consistency would have every article on Wikipedia having a
> > spoiler warning, just in case, and a half-dozen others as well.
>
>
> Literally every page on Wikipedia has a link to [[Wikipedia:General
> disclaimer]], which links to [[Wikipedia:Content disclaimer]], which
> proclaims in big letters at the top:
>
> WIKIPEDIA CONTAINS SPOILERS AND CONTENT YOU MAY FIND OBJECTIONABLE
>
>
> - d.
>

Yes, but it is polite to warn them first. If you think anyone actually
goes there, then you're dead wrong here. ~~~~



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