[WikiEN-l] {{Spoiler}} insanity -- how can you spoil what the article is about?

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

I know about King Kong, but I have not even the slightest idea what catch 22
is about.
It's really all about placement. If plot is kept to the section with the
relevant heading you can do without spoiler tags for obvious reasons. But
themes can be discussed based on the essential twist ending or on less
important events in a film. When the twist ending is discussed that would
obviously spoil the fun for a viewer, the other probably wouldn't. The first
would need a spoiler tag, the second wouldn't. If essential plot details are
revealed in the lead section. You can't read around them all that easily -
again a good time to use a tag. The reader may want to read part of the
article without reading the ending so if that ending is discussed somewhere
else than the plot section, we should tell them.

Mgm


On 5/19/07, K P <kpbotany at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/17/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 17 May 2007 11:50:03 +0200, "MacGyverMagic/Mgm"
> > <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Both retaining all spoiler tags and removing all of them are extremes
> > >someone is going to be unhappy with, but Three Little Pigs? You can
> write
> > an
> > >article on a fairy tale without discussing its moral which means
> > revealing
> > >the end.
> >
> > My best one to date was [[Jack and the beanstalk]], but the same
> > applies.  And is there really anyone left in the world who does not
> > know the ending of the 1933 King Kong?  Or understand what Catch-22 is
> > about?
> >
> > Guy (JzG)
> > --
> > http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JzG
>
>
> You really understand what Catch-22 is about?  I thought I did before I
> read
> it.
>
> I'm never really sure what spoilers are supposed to be fore--since I'm
> reading an encyclopedia article to find out about a book, it *just seems
> rather obvious that the article will contain information about the book*,
> including plot, characters, themes, author.
>
> KP
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