[WikiEN-l] Have we ever had a reader complaint of a lack of spoiler tags?

[Gabe Johnson]

On 5/21/07, Skyring <skyring at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/22/07, Gabe Johnson <gjzilla at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 5/21/07, Skyring <skyring at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > What person, I ask, what thinking person is going to go to an article on
> > > Harry Potter and the Order of the Boot and be surprised to find plot
> > details
> > > freely given away? Surely they would expect the plot to be described and
> > > would be righteously indignant if we didn't describe it. Are we writing
> > an
> > > encyclopaedia for cretins?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Peter in Canberra
> >
> > That's not the point. We still have the spoiler information. We just
> > provide a convienient template (which you can hide) so that the reader
> > can be warned. It is a minor service provide. If it seriously
> > sacrifices the integrity of the article (as is apparently the case in
> > [[The Crying Game]],) we can choose to omit it, or provide a warning
> > for the entire article. I would not be against editing of the
> > guidelines to reflect this, but don't simply discard them entirely.
> >
>
> It's entirely the point. If you go to an article on a novel, only a complete
> nong would be surprised to find plot details.
>
> Posting a spoiler notice is like putting a warning label on a packet of
> peanuts. "Warning, may contain nuts."
>
> --
> Peter in Canberra

But does it hurt anyone to say that it may contain nuts? ~~~~
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