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

[Anthony]

On 5/24/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/24/07, Skyring <skyring at gmail.com> wrote:
> > A person who believes that encyclopaedia articles will contain spoiler
> > warnings is, if not a cretin, woefully optimistic. This may be easily
> > demonstrated at any library.
>
> Wikipedia bears a superficial resemblance to some print
> encyclopaedias. Any stronger statement is likely inaccurate. Do
> encyclopaedias have list of pokemons? Do they have warnings that
> material is not neutral? Do they change from day to day? Do they
> contain phrases like "JOHN IS GAY HAHAHA"?
>
> So, a belief that print encyclopaedia articles contain spoiler
> warnings may be ill-founded. A belief that Wikipedia articles contain
> spoiler warnings is more reasonable. Especially since it's true.


That's a good point.  Print encyclopedias might not contain spoiler
warnings, but how many of them contain plot details or even plot summaries?
Would it even be legal for Brittanica to include as many details as
Wikipedia when it comes to plots of copyrighted works?  I doubt it.

Anthony