a different Zero Context Example

I know this thread is old but I need clarification of something: is an example with everything except one or two words spoilered a Zero Context Example? I believe it is, based on the logic that if you have to highlight everything to want to know if you want to read it, it fails as an example and spoilering it is rendered useless. But I'm not totally sure? Is that how it works or am I misremembering?

I've recently learned that spoilers are annoying as hell to write properly.

One or two words is fine to have hidden if it's something like someone's name and you can still get the gist of the example.

No see, it's only one or two words that aren't hidden. Everything else is spoilered. I'm pretty sure we're not supposed to do that.

I have a quick question sbout PSOC, ZC Es, and I don't want to start a new thread about it. If there's a trope that has meaning in some works, but not all, is it worth mentioning on the page for the work where it doesn't matter?

x2 Just hide the entire thing, I think?

I know we're not supposed to do that.

It doesn't really matter now. But thank you.

I was told that was allowed as long as the trope name is visible.

edited 19th Dec '15 9:02:13 PM by Karxrida

If a trope only has meaning it some works and not others, then either your understanding is flawed, or the definition is flawed. Find an example of two of when the trope seems to be PSOC and make a thread in Trope Talk about the issue.

All-whited-out examples are technically permitted but heavily discouraged. If at all possible, the example should be rewritten.

And yes, if a trope seems to be self-explanatory without context in some works, it needs to be evaluated. That said, we've established that certain tropes, such as genre, setting, and medium, function as "above-the-line" entries that go in an article's description. They don't get separate example entries in the body of the work article, and on their own articles they function as indexes.

edited 20th Dec '15 6:36:36 AM by Fighteer