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

[Gabe Johnson]

On 5/23/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/20/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Do spoiler warnings in Wikipedia actually serve the public at all?
>
> Very poor form of me to reply twice to the same message, but I'd like
> to relate an experience I had this morning. I was led to this article:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_hardest_logic_puzzle_ever
>
> I am extremely grateful for the spoiler warning. I was able to read
> the intro, which describes the problem. Then I saw the spoiler
> warning, and thought for a couple of seconds, and decided I didn't
> want the answer yet. Whereupon I was late for work due to spending an
> hour discussing the problem with my girlfriend.
>
Apparently, it's been removed.

> Does anyone really think we should scrap the spoiler warning on that
> article? And if so, how are we better serving our readers, or
> improving our encyclopaedia?
>

You tell me.~~~~

> Steve
>

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