[WikiEN-l] So what was the outcome of the spoilerwar?

[David Gerard]

On 31/05/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can anyone give me a 1-sentence description of the net outcome of the
> recent spoiler war? I notice that wp:spoiler now refers to the need
> for a "compelling reason" for the inclusion of a spoiler, which is a
> much better, more nuanced position than many real and strawman
> arguments I heard from both sides (ie, "no spoilers ever" and
> "spoilers everywhere"). But I'm not sure what the actual policy was
> before, so could someone enlighten me?


Net outcome: If your article needs {{spoiler}}, it's defective enough
it may as well be tagged {{cleanup}}.


- d.