The headline of this page gives the full identity of the killer. Shouldn't that be less obvious in the page?
Serial Killer X
Character » appears in 2 games
The main antagonist in Condemned: Criminal Origins and a secondary antagonist in Condemned 2: Bloodshot.
The page's headline is a spoiler. Is that right?
That is a spoiler. I personally think spoilers don't belong in Wiki's, but that's not my decision to make.
If you're looking up the page, it's assumed you want as much information as possible, so even if it is a spoiler, it should be there.
"If you're looking up the page, it's assumed you want as much information as possible, so even if it is a spoiler, it should be there."
That is the reasoning why it is allowed there. I disagree with that.
"HandsomeDead said:But why? The odds of someone playing that game, not reaching the part where he's revealed as Leland and then coming here and genuinely not expecting to find out who he is is pretty slim"If you're looking up the page, it's assumed you want as much information as possible, so even if it is a spoiler, it should be there."
That is the reasoning why it is allowed there. I disagree with that."
"When I write wikis I do say "may contain spoilers," myself. It's not a requirement, but I think it's a nice thing to do.I agree with you buraoru. Game Wikis the least spoilers as possible, character pages all info there is.
If a person was to look up this character, they would want to know information about him, correct? I don't know how people can't expect to be spoiled."
I would really like to see official guidelines by the staff so that we would not have to ponder about this.
"When I write wikis I do say "may contain spoilers," myself. It's not a requirement, but I think it's a nice thing to do.^ This.
If a person was to look up this character, they would want to know information about him, correct? I don't know how people can't expect to be spoiled."
"brukaoru said:I don't think there are official guidelines but when Jeff was talking about BioShock on the podcast a while back, didn't he say that with spoilers, you should be given several weeks or something then it doesn't matter?"When I write wikis I do say "may contain spoilers," myself. It's not a requirement, but I think it's a nice thing to do.I agree with you buraoru. Game Wikis the least spoilers as possible, character pages all info there is.
If a person was to look up this character, they would want to know information about him, correct? I don't know how people can't expect to be spoiled."
I would really like to see official guidelines by the staff so that we would not have to ponder about this."
"brukaoru said:"When I write wikis I do say "may contain spoilers," myself. It's not a requirement, but I think it's a nice thing to do.^ This."
If a person was to look up this character, they would want to know information about him, correct? I don't know how people can't expect to be spoiled."
Fair enough, though this should be a requirement.
"brukaoru said:"When I write wikis I do say "may contain spoilers," myself. It's not a requirement, but I think it's a nice thing to do.I agree with you buraoru. Game Wikis the least spoilers as possible, character pages all info there is.
If a person was to look up this character, they would want to know information about him, correct? I don't know how people can't expect to be spoiled."
I would really like to see official guidelines by the staff so that we would not have to ponder about this."
Agreed. Character pages should definaitly have as much information as possible on them. But game wikis I'm kinda torn on. On one hand, if I'm in the IRC, and someone says "Hey, you should play this game, it's my favorite game of all time!" and I go into the wiki to see what kind of game it is I don't want to be spoiled just checking it out. But at the same time, there's games like Metal Gear Solid where you might want to go to the wiki strictly to try and understand what the HELL is going on in that game.
"BiggerBomb said:That actually just happened with me - i just fought the bear :("HandsomeDead said:But why? The odds of someone playing that game, not reaching the part where he's revealed as Leland and then coming here and genuinely not expecting to find out who he is is pretty slim""If you're looking up the page, it's assumed you want as much information as possible, so even if it is a spoiler, it should be there."
That is the reasoning why it is allowed there. I disagree with that."
"HandsomeDead said:Ouch. May I ask, did you also play that bit and just be totally 'What the fuck...? A bear?'"BiggerBomb said:That actually just happened with me - i just fought the bear :(""HandsomeDead said:But why? The odds of someone playing that game, not reaching the part where he's revealed as Leland and then coming here and genuinely not expecting to find out who he is is pretty slim""If you're looking up the page, it's assumed you want as much information as possible, so even if it is a spoiler, it should be there."
That is the reasoning why it is allowed there. I disagree with that."
Yeah - and also, forgive me for asking, i could be missing something, byut what exploded after you fired the one shot at it? i was totally confused
"HandsomeDead said:"BiggerBomb said:That actually just happened with me - i just fought the bear :(""HandsomeDead said:But why? The odds of someone playing that game, not reaching the part where he's revealed as Leland and then coming here and genuinely not expecting to find out who he is is pretty slim""If you're looking up the page, it's assumed you want as much information as possible, so even if it is a spoiler, it should be there."
That is the reasoning why it is allowed there. I disagree with that."
Did you wake up in the snow thinking...
Why am I in the snow? How the fuck did I get here? Who was dragging me?
I know I sure did.
"Yeah - and also, forgive me for asking, i could be missing something, byut what exploded after you fired the one shot at it? i was totally confused"If it's the bit where you finally kill it, it's a conveniently placed gas canister.
"OmegaPirate said:Yup 100% confusion and i totally had the exact same thoughts - im glad i wasnt alone"HandsomeDead said:"BiggerBomb said:That actually just happened with me - i just fought the bear :(""HandsomeDead said:But why? The odds of someone playing that game, not reaching the part where he's revealed as Leland and then coming here and genuinely not expecting to find out who he is is pretty slim""If you're looking up the page, it's assumed you want as much information as possible, so even if it is a spoiler, it should be there."
That is the reasoning why it is allowed there. I disagree with that."
Did you wake up in the snow thinking...
Why am I in the snow? How the fuck did I get here? Who was dragging me?
I know I sure did."
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