On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Steve Summit wrote:
But we've never heard (that I know of) a complaint from an end reader saying that the warnings were objectionable, nor indeed a complaint from an end reader saying that an un-warned spoiler was objectionable. So we'll probably never know.
Oh, sheesh.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Spoiler/archive3#Are_spoilers_ac...
Spoilers are an issue for me, yes. Here's an example. In episode 11 of Jericho, the town holds its election for mayor. The outcome of that election is an important plot point for the entire series. I have not yet seen that episode, but I've already had that plot point spoiled for me, because someone decided that Template:Jerichonav should display the identity of the mayor. This template appears in every Wikipedia article related to the show, so the only way to avoid seeing the spoiler is to not use Wikipedia to read about Jericho. Pat Berry 03:30, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Spoiler/archive4#Zero_Documented...
Following the link:
I personaly made the mistake of reading the ending on this article when I did not want to, and while one could argue that I was simply careless or stupid, I ask, if saying that a section of the article is about the story is enough of a warning, why is there a spoiler warning template at all? Why do most other game article use it in an almost identical context? Why change the previous policy: is something on Wikipedia hurt by a spoiler warning? Is simple, minor (alleged) redundancy such a crime if it prevents (what I will call for lack of a better term) injury to a reader? I think this needs to be reexamened, and if you do think that a spoiler is truly unnessisary, they you should probably remove the spoiler warning in all instances of its occurance and perhaps disable the template itself. For now I am not personnaly planning to add a spoiler warning as I do not want an edit war more than anyone else, but I really think it should have one and the subject definately needs evaluation.