The Spoiler Tag Rules

[daflyboys]

Re: The Spoiler Tag Rules

For a TV show, talk of a preview seen should be spoiler tagged. Not everyone wants to watch previews for the upcoming week.

[LingeringRegime]

Re: The Spoiler Tag Rules

I think that excessive.

I stay out of any movie threads until I've seen them since once the movie is released there isn't anything to talk about except spoilers.

Yeah, this is the best rule of thumb.

I stay out of all story driven video game threads as well post release. Since, it usually takes me longer to finish games than most.

[Speedy]

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I think that excessive.

I stay out of any movie threads until I've seen them since once the movie is released there isn't anything to talk about except spoilers.

Exact reason I haven't ventured into the Avengers 2 thread...whether it's spoilers or just general thoughts of "It's awesome!!" or "It's the worst I've ever seen"...I want my mindset to be clean going in.

[Majingir]

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For a TV show, talk of a preview seen should be spoiler tagged. Not everyone wants to watch previews for the upcoming week.

But for many shows, previews of next weeks episode air literally the second after the show ends. To me at least, that makes it feel like next weeks preview is part of the current episode. Guess most don't feel same way though?

Just seems abit harder in threads cause you might not always know what you're clicking into when you click the spoiler tags. At the very least, I think people should prob explain/preview what is in their spoiler tag instead of just posting a spoiler tag with no explanation of what it talks about.

[Blzer]

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But for many shows, previews of next weeks episode air literally the second after the show ends. To me at least, that makes it feel like next weeks preview is part of the current episode. Guess most don't feel same way though?

Definitely one of my biggest gear-grinders. Not for people who talk about them, but for shows who do this. I don't ever watch previews.

I think we can all agree that previews are meant to attract an audience, yes? For somebody who is already interested in a show, they have me at the name of the show... they don't need to tell me what's going to happen next, I'll wait to see that myself. In that regard, I definitely don't feel the same way.

My friend and I just had this conversation on Facebook about Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? having this issue, before the show airs no less.

[Millennium]

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A lot of differing opinions makes it tough to set a precedent.

Some don't want any spoiler tags, they just say 'stay out of the thread'. Some want spoiler tags for long times after.

Will definitely have to consider this more guys.

[aukevin]

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At the very least, I think people should prob explain/preview what is in their spoiler tag instead of just posting a spoiler tag with no explanation of what it talks about.

I appreciate it when people do this rather than just using a spoiler tag.

[Blzer]

Re: The Spoiler Tag Rules

A lot of differing opinions makes it tough to set a precedent.

Some don't want any spoiler tags, they just say 'stay out of the thread'. Some want spoiler tags for long times after.

Will definitely have to consider this more guys.

I'd say tailoring to the lowest common denominator is probably the best. I don't remember the last time somebody being downright aggravated that they had to click a Spoiler tag (maybe they'll question why it's there, but being unnerved by it is something I have not seen).

Of course, as others above me just stated, knowing what's behind the spoiler tag is also as important, otherwise literally everyone could be spoiler-tagging and no one would have any idea whether it's that kind of spoiler they're okay with reading or not.

[redsox4evur]

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A lot of differing opinions makes it tough to set a precedent.

Some don't want any spoiler tags, they just say 'stay out of the thread'. Some want spoiler tags for long times after.

Will definitely have to consider this more guys.

I am personally fine with TV shows. Maybe a week for Movies and Netflix shows. Because not everybody can rush to a theater to see a movie that opening weekend. And not everybody has the time to watch 11 or episodes of a Netflix show over one weekend.

[SuperBowlNachos]

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Spoiler previews for next weeks show only.

Not sure why anyone needs to go into a movie or show thread after it is out and they haven't seen it. The opinions here won't vary from the masses on if the movie is any good or not.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

There are critic and user ratings.

[Majingir]

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What about mentioning a "spoiler" outside of the shows thread topic. I don't mean go into the OT thread and be like "I can't believe ___ died in the movie!"(for a movie that is still in theaters). But if you're just bringing up a shocking moment from a TV show that happened several months ago(or maybe even X amount of years for the show or movie), would that be required to use spoiler tags?

Spoiler previews for next weeks show only.

So what if someone is guest starring on a show in a future episode(but you don't know when),would that be ok to mention it, or not?

[kehlis]

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What about mentioning a "spoiler" outside of the shows thread topic. I don't mean go into the OT thread and be like "I can't believe ___ died in the movie!"(for a movie that is still in theaters). But if you're just bringing up a shocking moment from a TV show that happened several months ago(or maybe even X amount of years for the show or movie), would that be required to use spoiler tags?

How do you expect this question to be answered when your range of time goes from a movie from several months ago to a movie 50 years ago?

[Majingir]

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How do you expect this question to be answered when your range of time goes from a movie from several months ago to a movie 50 years ago?

I meant a tv show episode from several months ago, or something like a movie from years ago(since movies are in theaters for a number of months and then released on dvd awhile after that,so it could be a year from the time it first came out in theaters before someone might watch dvd of that movie for first time)

[redsox4evur]

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How do you expect this question to be answered when your range of time goes from a movie from several months ago to a movie 50 years ago?

I posted something about Marvel's Agents of SHIELD in the Something About One Of Your Favorite TV Shows That You Didn't Like thread. And Majingir had replied with this below. The thing I posted was saying I didn't like what they had done with a certain character towards the middle/end of S1.

Spoiler

The Ward-May stuff was basically done to show that Ward could have a relationship with the most serious/unemotional person on the team,and be using her the entire time like he did the rest of the team.

Hydra stuff was good,it's just the secondary hydra members which weren't the best. And based on the S2 finale,I really hope those people they showed aren't gonna be returning,cause it'd make the henchmen look like a huge joke and can't take those guys seriously.

Though S2 did have alot of questionable stuff. Why kill Tripp! And turned Ward into a secondary character for alot of it. And then his relationship with that other agent wasn't good.

Boy, I sure am glad I'm watching S2 for the first time on Netflix.

Now the bold is a major spoiler.

Now S2 just came on Netflix on 6/12. So should Majingir have put the part of (spoiler) in Spoilers or not?

[kehlis]

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I posted something about Marvel's Agents of SHIELD in the Something About One Of Your Favorite TV Shows That You Didn't Like thread. And Majingir had replied with this below.

I mean, I know nothing about that movie or when it was released as it's not in my area of interest but I would certainly think so.

Also may want to spoiler your response to me in case you think that's a spoiler that shouldn't have been given.


To me, there is a big difference between spoiling something in a thread dedicated to the movie/show in question versus a random thread such as that one or the OT thread where anything and everything can be discussed.

If I don't want to see a potential spoiler in a particular movie or show it's easy for me to avoid that thread but it's impossible to know to avoid the OT thread if a spoiler is posted.