[WikiEN-l] "Future" templates compared to "spoiler" templates

[Carcharoth]

There has been a centralised discussion on deprecating "future"
templates. See here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Centralized_discussion/Deprecating_%22Future%22_templates

The templates were compared to the "spoiler" templates. Not to drag
all that up again, but I found the comparison interesting. The same
basic point seemed to be made there, though, that such templates
patronised our readers, who can be expected to realise that the
article they are reading is about a future event (and if they can't,
then that is more likely to be due to bad writing in the article, than
the reader's comprehension skills).

Carcharoth