Wikipedia:Spoiler warning/RfC

This is a request for comment (RfC) on the use of spoiler tags. This RFC aims to gather community opinion on the Wikipedia:Spoiler warning guidelines and it's companion templates: {{spoiler}}, {{endspoiler}}, {{spoiler-about}}, {{spoiler-other}}, {{magic-spoiler}}, {{Solution}}, {{Spoiler-solicitation}}.

Previous discussions

• Wikipedia talk:Spoiler warning/Guideline status — (discussion of guideline status in June 2006)
• Wikipedia talk:Spoiler warning/Guideline status2 — (discussion of guideline status in July 2006)
• Wikipedia talk:Spoiler warning — (present discussion and establishment of this RfC)

Examples of current usage

• Beowulf
• Dracula
• Iron Chef
• Mario Kart
• The Breakfast Club
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• The Divine Comedy
• Citizen Kane
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film)

Arguments for and against

This is a very brief summary of the major arguments for and against the use of spoiler tags. Note that this is only intended to be an extremely brief summary, and all substantive reasoning of arguments can be found on this page's discussion page.

For:

• Useful and helpful to editors and readers

Against:

• Violation of Wikipedia's "Neutral point of view policy", or "NPOV"
• Violation of Wikipedia's "Wikipedia is not censored" policy
• Unprofessional and unencyclopedic

RfC discussion

All new discussion should be directed to this page's discussion page. Discussion should not be added below.