[WikiEN-l] Workable spoiler solution?

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

On 5/19/07, Alex Newman <alex9891 at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
> David Gerard wrote:
> >
> >[[User:Ned Scott]]'s written a proposal, currently up at
> >[[Wikipedia:Spoiler warning]] (after much hacking by others) which
> >strikes me as sane and workable.
> >
> >I note that I've been removing inappropriate spoilers as fast as I can
> >and almost all have stayed that way. Whereas those reverting me have
> >tended to be blocked for 3RR a lot, i.e. are hotheads. This suggests
> >to me that the actual wiki opinion is not so very much in favour of
> >spoilers everywhere. I wonder if we'll start getting email from
> >aggrieved readers, i.e. the people spoilers are supposed to be for.
> >
> >
> >- d.
> >
>
> I would be surprised if we did. After all, they read Wikipedia for the
> *knowledge*, not the non knowledge. If they didn't want it spoiling, they
> would read a review site, or see the damn film (or book, song,
> whatever....)
> before reading about what happens.
>
> Alex (Majorly)


They could also want to figure out who the cast is of a film they just heard
of on Wikipedia and not even know about IMDB. Besides, I often come across
film or book articles without finding out what they are until it's too late.

Mgm