[WikiEN-l] "Wikipedia committee member"

[David Gerard]

On 31 August 2010 15:16, Michel Vuijlsteke <wikipedia at zog.org> wrote:

> I do not think many people are advocating removing information like the plot
> of a novel, movie or play.


No, they're just doing it. Thinking they're doing the right thing.
This is problematic.


> Whether a part of an article is a spoiler or not (and it's certainly not a
> black & white issue) is an interesting bit of metadata to add. There's a
> variety of ways to display this information in an articles -- collapsible
> paragraphs, a "spoiler warning" alert, white on white text, etc. Any of
> these display methods could have a "enough with the spoiler warnings" or
> "don't hide plot points from me anymore" -- that's just a UI point.
> Of course, it's a little late for that now. All that information was
> removed. Too bad.


How do you objectively and neutrally determine what is and isn't a spoiler?


- d.