[WikiEN-l] "Wikipedia committee member"

[David Gerard]

On 31 August 2010 13:11, Peter Coombe <thewub.wiki at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 30 August 2010 17:58, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:

>> You could even (though this is a bit silly) provide the option for people
>> to "hide" sections and then read the whole page and not have to beware
>> of scrolling down too far. It wouldn't be a default option, I don't
>> think, but people could have some optional overlay that would give
>> them the option to select (or omit) bits of the article to create a
>> customised article for them to read.

> We already have something similar on the mobile site, for different
> reasons admittedly. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mousetrap
> I'm sure it would be easy enough to make an option or a gadget on the
> main site, if anyone really wanted it


A gadget to fold sections called "Plot", "Plot summary" or "Synopsis"
would do the trick. Though not for [[The Mousetrap]], which has the
spoiler in another section entirely (well down the page).


- d.