Spoiler Warnings and Request Netiquette

If you really decide to do that, be sure to expect a hell of a lot whiny "WHY DID MY POST GET DELETED?!?!?"-posts.

I would suggest deleting those posts too, let's face it all the information you need to know about posting is there in the FAQs. And surely FAQs are an internet given every bit as much as spoiler warnings, so there really is no excuse not to read one before asking questions.

Cal's idea is good, but really you shouldn't have to add anything to sst if some users just used a bit of common sense.

Full support cocles.

Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 9:57 am Post subject:

In theory this sounds like a good idea, but the posted would have to make the connection that it is a spoiler and that they need to block the text unless the reader checks it.

If they can't put a simple phrase that says "Spoiler Warning" in the title, do you really think they would use a "spoiler box?"

Time has told me I can't give most posters the benefit of the doubt.

And it sucks that several readers, plus whatever admin/mod might end up editing something have to read the spoiler before the rest of us are protected.

I think the whole point is maybe by brining it up somewhere other than the Sticky's that people obvious read and forget, or just plain don't read. Perhaps they will actually read this thread, and refresh their memory that it's not very nice to go around telling people plot elements.

Personally, I don't understand why people don't get that anyway. They must be the same dunderheads who talk during the movie in the theatre.

Maybe we need a fail safe that when you click "submit", before it actually posts, the computer comes up with some questions:
1. Did you put any spoilers in your post?
2. Are you sure?
3. Are you double plus sure? Because if you did, you know you will make a fool of yourself, and get many people in the community making posts about how you are a Donald Dingus.
4. Are you wearing a sheep costume?
5. Are you sure? Wink

Actually, what I think we should do is when someone posts spoilers about something without forewarning others, I think we should dedicate a thread to them. We can rip on them for posting spoilers. Put up some photos of them (not that we might Photoshop them or anything Wink

). Perhaps divulge juicy information (never made up rumors Wink

) about them. We could even be nice and put a 24 hour rule on it. For 24 hours, you can post whatever you want in that thread, but after that it gets locked. Mwahahaha Very Happy

-Pix

Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 5:51 pm Post subject:

If there was an additional font colour we could post with, that matched the background of all the posts or a colour that also has a background-colour set for the font (the background of course being of the same colour as the font), then this would work like a charm... Just call the font colour "Spoiler" or something. Then it would be something like this.

Highlight to read
Look at me... suddenly you can see me... and I'm a spoiler... yada-yada-yada

Shouldn't be to hard to implement either.
The real trick would be to teach every newbie that comes along how to use it. Smile

EDIT:

Hmm... I thought I'd scrolled to the bottom, but when I look at my post I suddenly see Pixie has already taken this issue into account a bit up. Oh well... Have to read a bit more in the manual on how these weird blocks at the right of my screen works then Razz

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Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:52 pm Post subject:

lol... now that's cruel, Lego... the cyber equivalent of the dunce cap. You'd probably just scare all the newbies away. Laughing