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

[Steve Summit]

JzG wrote:
> ...There were so many, and in so many patently absurd places, that
> it does look rather as if someone or group of people originally set
> out to do what David and Phil did, only in reverse.
>
> I mean, who in their right mind would include spoiler tags when
> writing an article about a Shakespeare play, the Iliad or Dickens?

Please tone it down.  (I was about to say "knock it off", but
that'd probably have been too strong.)

The anti-spoiler-warning brigade has won.  The tags are all
removed, the template is deleted, the few lone voices still wanly
lobbying for the warnings are gradually being marginalized, soon
to be branded as kooks or trolls.  There's no need to rub it in
with language like "patently absurd" and "who in their right mind".
(I'm in my right mind, and although I'm not enough of an English
Lit expert to know off the top of my head of a Shakespeare play
that might be deserving of a spoiler tag, if there were one,
I'd have nothing against it.)

I'm not usually one to go around looking for perceived Personal
Attacks to bristle at, but J's remarks above really could be
taken as one.