Transformers Wiki talk:Spoilers

Since we're tweaking the spoiler tag, perhaps this would be a good opportunity to write an actual spoiler policy akin to the Caption policy page rather than linking to Wikipedia for this. Such an article would ideally go at Transformers Wiki:Spoiler.

As for what would go on such a page, I'll get the ball rolling with the following: Anything else that should go in there?--RosicrucianTalk 19:49, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Spoiler tags are removed six months after publication/airtime/movie release.
 * Spoiler tags are not used on cartoon episode or comic issue pages. If you read the plot summaries on these articles you should not be surprised if you get spoiled.
 * Six months seems excessive (and would cause lots of clutter when people forget to remove them in half a year). One month would be better. Interrobang 19:55, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Six months is excessive. For comics, I'd suggest a week, but if some feel a month is necessary, I think that's about the top window.  --ItsWalky 19:58, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Eh, I tried to err on the side of caution. I don't mind if it's shorter.--RosicrucianTalk 20:00, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The problem with measuring the spoiler-time from when the comic issue is published, is that some of us only buy the trade paperbacks. I suspect, however, if I suggest it should be "one month from when the trade paperback is released", I'll meet with a lot of resistance . . .  (And let's not get into those of us who don't watch the shows on TV, but buy the DVDs . . . ) JW 20:10, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Are we setting an automatic removal thingermabob of some sort? Or is someone going to religiously purge spoiler tags from articles once a month?  'Cause otherwise, it's relatively moot.
 * I'd say anything from 2-4 weeks is entirely reasonable. I know I don't always make the trip to the comic store every week, and some people wait for the trades... though if we wait for the trades, nobody's gonna remember to do cleanup.  I know I never even see the damn things, let alone know when they come out... -- Repowers 20:45, 16 November 2007 (UTC)


 * I'd say two weeks max for comics. In the majority of instances, if you haven't picked up the book within two weeks of publication, it's your own damn fault and I frankly can't work up any sympathy for you being spoiled, ESPECIALLY if you're going to wait the six-plus months plus for a damn trade collection to come out. (And this is coming from someone who sometimes has month-long gaps bewteen comic store visits). Waiting for trades is going back to "well, people in Botswana haven't seen the episode yet" ridiculous extremes. Same for movies.
 * TV shows are a little trickier, since even with VCRs and Tivo, you're more at the whim of when the channel reruns it. So say... a month? --M Sipher 21:30, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Moving the discussion over here because now that the image policy is done I think I'm going to start working on this next.--RosicrucianTalk 19:18, 27 April 2008 (UTC)