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Wikipedia articles may include spoilers and no spoiler warnings. A spoiler is a piece of information about a narrative work (such as a book, film, television series, or a video game) that reveals plot points or twists. Articles on the Internet sometimes feature a spoiler warning to alert readers to spoilers in the text, which they may then ...
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By example, [episode of this tv show] includes a spoiler, while the other episodes do not, and that one description cannot be changed due to the policy of not making edits to remove spoilers. As was pointed out earlier in this talk page, " the guideline states "A spoiler is a piece of information about a narrative work (such as a book, film ...
The generalized spoilers on every and all fictional articles just seems like overkill these days, though. Signed. Hipocrite - «Talk» 19:20, 31 July 2006 (UTC) The hide/show things being used on spoilers is borderline exclusion, as -- rather than just suggesting that people might not want to read it -- they hide information. Not to mention ...
To summarize, Randall and I are asking for some kind of verifiable example of how the spoiler tags benefit Wikipedia -- that you can link to as easily any of the things we have that show how they violate its policies and are downright redundant of the fact that this is an encyclopedia.
A spoiler warning has no chance of gaining support; the "Why spoiler warnings are no longer used" section in the guideline is clear as to why that's the case. The guideline is somewhat problematic as is, however, for reasons noted at Wikipedia talk:Spoiler/Archive 17#RfC: Proposal to make unnecessary spoiling clearer in the guideline .
A spoiler is an element of a disseminated summary or description of a media narrative that reveals significant plot elements, with the implication that the experience of discovering the plot naturally, as the creator intended it, has been robbed ("spoiled") of its full effect.
The spoilers policy page says: "Since it is generally expected that the subjects of our articles will be covered in detail, such warnings are considered unnecessary. Therefore, Wikipedia no longer carries spoiler warnings, except for the content disclaimer and section headings (such as "Plot" or "Ending") which imply the presence of spoilers."