[WikiEN-l] Reflections on the end of the spoiler wars

[Philip Sandifer]

On Nov 15, 2007, at 8:53 PM, geni wrote:

> On 16/11/2007, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 16/11/2007, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> We have no policy that says that we can't have spoiler warnings.   
>>> We have a
>>> "last edit standing" consensus.
>>> Those are by definition unstable and unenforcable.
>>
>>
>> Indeed. If people really wanted spoiler warnings, they'd be back.
>
> No. People may want them but they don't want that level of conflict.
> Victory through fear. Yes it's effective in the short term.

Nothing about the six month spoiler debate has led me to believe that  
the proponents of spoiler warnings have any particular desire to avoid  
conflict.

-Phil