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

Ray Saintonge saintonge at telus.net
Tue May 22 04:17:42 UTC 2007


Skyring wrote:

>On 5/22/07, Gabe Johnson <gjzilla at gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>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."
>
That sounds like an interesting proposal for changing the text of the 
spoiler warning. ;-)

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