Editing MediaWiki 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 [[Transformers Wiki:Caption|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:
*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''.
Anything else that should go in there?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 19:49, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
: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. [[User:Interrobang|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.  --[[User:ItsWalky|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.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 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 . . . ) [[User:JW|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... -- [[User:Repowers|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.<br>
:::::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? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:30, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Moving the discussion over here because now that the [[Transformers Wiki:Images|image policy]] is done I think I'm going to start working on this next.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 19:18, 27 April 2008 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>