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

Matthew Brown morven at gmail.com
Tue May 22 05:38:38 UTC 2007


On 5/21/07, Gabe Johnson <gjzilla at gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, here's when they will be useful. I want to know the background of
> the Movie X before I go out to see it. You know, the actors, filming
> locations, etc. But not the plot. Do I not deserve to know what will
> spoil my fun, even when there is a perfectly functioning and
> unobtrusive system established for that purpose? ~~~~

In your case, you need a review, not an encyclopedia article.  Reviews
are designed to give the information you need and not the information
you don't want.

Encyclopedia articles are not intended to replace reviews and should
not be used as such.

-Matt



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