When writing a wiki article for a specific game are spoilers OK to include or completely forbidden. Also if they are allowed should a "spoiler warning tag" be included at the top?
I think spoilers should be allowed, but that's just because I don't think spoilers are that big of a deal. It's become the "Cooties" of gaming...Maybe they shouldn't be on a specific game's page, but I think it's fine for character pages etc...
This website is afterall a wiki for gaming knowledge in all formats, platforms, games, genres, series, franchises and people etc.
I'd say to make an article about a game as informative as it can be then spoilers would have to be included however i understand some people may read an article to find out more about the game before purchasing it perhaps. So with that in mind it may be best to mention a warning about spoilers in your article. Here is an example....
*SPOILERS BELOW*
And then that way people viewing the article can hopefully notice this before they read on and spoil anything for themselves.
"This website is afterall a wiki for gaming knowledge in all formats, platforms, games, genres, series, franchises and people etc.
I'd say to make an article about a game as informative as it can be then spoilers would have to be included however i understand some people may read an article to find out more about the game before purchasing it perhaps. So with that in mind it may be best to mention a warning about spoilers in your article. Here is an example....
*SPOILERS BELOW*
And then that way people viewing the article can hopefully notice this before they read on and spoil anything for themselves. "
In a good wiki article all of the different subjects ought to be split into sections such as characters and story. you'd be a class a idiot if you didnt want to see spoilers and went to read the story section. i think if you're dumb enough to do that you deserve to have it spoiled!
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