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

[Delirium]

Ken Arromdee wrote:
> On Thu, 24 May 2007, Skyring wrote:
>   
>> In deference to the uptothemoment nature of Wikipedia, I'll support spoiler
>> warnings for recent works of fiction and movies. Shakespeare or Tom Clancy,
>> no - they belong to the ages.
>>     
>
> I assume then you completely disagree with the claim that spoilers are
> original research?  After all, we can't allow original research just for
> articles about newer subjects, we must completely eliminate it.
>   
I don't like spoiler warnings myself, but the argument that they're 
"original research" is frankly beyond silly, and starting to grasp at 
straws.  By that standard all Wikipedia articles are completely original 
research, as they all involve judgment calls about how to present 
information to the reader.

-Mark