Template:Spoiler/doc

Description

This template should be used to denote fiction sections that contain spoilers for fiction released in the 30 days. Prime dying is no longer a spoiler, if it ever was. For more on when and where to use this template, see Transformers Wiki:Spoilers.

Usage

Parameters

This template has two optional parameters:

1. The name to Storylink to of an article that the section spoils.
2. The time at which the spoilers will expire. Strongly recommended You can set a plain-English date such as 'August 12' to indicate when the spoiler will expire, and the tag will indicate how long it has until it does expire. This is to let readers know how 'fresh' the spoilers are, and to let editors know when it is alright to include this information in the larger article without 'compartmentalizing' it in the section below the spoiler tag.

Articles for which no expiration date is set are sorted into Category: Articles with nonexpiring spoiler tags

Once an expiration date has passed, the articles are sorted into Category: Articles with expired spoilers tags

Code

{{Spoiler|Main Page|August 12}}

Examples

Code

{{Spoiler|2=August 12}}

Result

Spoiler warning: Plot details follow. Spoilers expire in 82 days

Code

{{Spoiler|Main Page}}

Result

Spoiler warning: Plot details for Main Page follow. Please give an expiry date ({{spoiler|(story)|DATE}}) - either the date of the next episode/issue in the series or 30 days after release, whichever is sooner

Code

{{Spoiler|Main Page|August 12}}

Result

Spoiler warning: Plot details for Main Page follow. Spoilers expire in 82 days

Technical Documentation

Architecture

This template calls Template:spoiler/guts to render its message box. 'Template:spoiler/guts' in turn calls Template:Messagebox with specific parameters to create the messagebox content. 'Template:spoiler/guts' was recursive at one time. However, since template recursion was removed in a MediaWiki update, the portions of the functionality responsible for determining styling/formatting based on the expiration date have been split out to Template:spoiler/guts_recurs.

This template was designed by User:Derik Feel free to ask him questions about it when it inevitably breaks.

Last Good Version

If something is broken and you need to quickly revert this template to fix it:

The last good "Dumb" version of this template is

• June 9, 2008.

The last good "Smart" (expiring) versions of this template/subtemplate are June 12.

• Template:spoiler Template:spoiler/guts Template:Spoiler/guts_recurs

If you make changes to the template's look, please update the 'last good' dates.