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Just how important is it to \\\"avoid Wicks and Potholes in spoiler tags\\\"? Potholes are pretty useful for explaining character relationships and whatnot to non fans, and I think cutting those out of spoiler tags can be pretty limiting. Now, I get that it\\\'s preferable to keep them outside most of the time, but I can think of some situations where that isn\\\'t really feasible.
For example, consider this hypothetical entry on TookALevelInKindness
* In \\\'\\\'Example Story 3\\\'\\\', Alice starts out as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, but eventually grows into a straight up NiceGirl thanks to the influence of her friends. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, she has a bit of relapse after running into her OldFlame, [[TheAsshole Bob]].]]
In that example, Bob isn\\\'t relevant to the trope outside of the spoilered part, so it doesn\\\'t really work to mention him and his jerkass and old flame statuses beforehand. I suppose you could change the wording to \\\"... her jerkass old flame, Bob\\\" and make sure neither \\\"old flame\\\" nor \\\"jerkass\\\" link to their respective trope pages, but the delinking would make it harder for the uninformed to learn more about the tropes in question (granted, though, those specific tropes aren\\\'t too hard to figure out from their titles.) And that aside, aren\\\'t less wordy examples the preferred route?
So, what\\\'s the protocol in cases like that? I personally think the potholing would easily be the lesser evil, but I\\\'ll relent if that\\\'s contrary to greater consensus.
For example, consider this hypothetical entry on TookALevelInKindness
* In \\\'\\\'Example Story 3\\\'\\\', Alice starts out as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, but eventually grows into a straight up NiceGirl thanks to the influence of her friends. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, she has a bit of relapse after running into her OldFlame, [[TheAsshole Bob]].]]
In that example, Bob isn\\\'t relevant to the trope outside of the spoilered part, so it doesn\\\'t really work to mention him and his jerkass and old flame statuses beforehand. I suppose you could change the wording to \\\"... her jerkass old flame, Bob\\\" and make sure neither \\\"old flame\\\" nor \\\"jerkass\\\" link to their respective trope pages, but the delinking would make it harder for the uninformed to learn more about the tropes in question (granted, though, those specific tropes aren\\\'t too hard to figure out from their titles.) And that aside, aren\\\'t less wordy examples the preferred route?
So, what\\\'s the protocol in cases like that? I personally think the potholing would easily be the lesser evil, but I\\\'ll relent if that\\\'s contrary to greater consensus.
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Just how important is it to \\\"avoid Wicks and Potholes in spoiler tags\\\"? Potholes are pretty useful for explaining character relationships and whatnot to non fans, and I think cutting those out of spoiler tags can be pretty limiting. Now, I get that it\\\'s preferable to keep them outside most of the time, but I can think of some situations where that isn\\\'t really feasible.
For example, consider this hypothetical entry on TookALevelInKindness
* In Example Story 3, Alice starts out as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, but eventually grows into a straight up NiceGirl thanks to the influence of her friends. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, she has a bit of relapse after running into her OldFlame, [[TheAsshole Bob]].]]
In that example, Bob isn\\\'t relevant to the trope outside of the spoilered part, so it doesn\\\'t really work to mention him and his jerkass and old flame statuses beforehand. I suppose you could change the wording to \\\"... her jerkass old flame, Bob\\\" and make sure neither \\\"old flame\\\" nor \\\"jerkass\\\" link to their respective trope pages, but the delinking would make it harder for the uninformed to learn more about the tropes in question (granted, though, those specific tropes aren\\\'t too hard to figure out from their titles.) And that aside, aren\\\'t less wordy examples the preferred route?
So, what\\\'s the protocol in cases like that? I personally think the potholing would easily be the lesser evil, but I\\\'ll relent if that\\\'s contrary to greater consensus.
For example, consider this hypothetical entry on TookALevelInKindness
* In Example Story 3, Alice starts out as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, but eventually grows into a straight up NiceGirl thanks to the influence of her friends. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, she has a bit of relapse after running into her OldFlame, [[TheAsshole Bob]].]]
In that example, Bob isn\\\'t relevant to the trope outside of the spoilered part, so it doesn\\\'t really work to mention him and his jerkass and old flame statuses beforehand. I suppose you could change the wording to \\\"... her jerkass old flame, Bob\\\" and make sure neither \\\"old flame\\\" nor \\\"jerkass\\\" link to their respective trope pages, but the delinking would make it harder for the uninformed to learn more about the tropes in question (granted, though, those specific tropes aren\\\'t too hard to figure out from their titles.) And that aside, aren\\\'t less wordy examples the preferred route?
So, what\\\'s the protocol in cases like that? I personally think the potholing would easily be the lesser evil, but I\\\'ll relent if that\\\'s contrary to greater consensus.
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Just how important is it to \
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Just how important is it to \\\"avoid Wicks and Potholes in spoiler tags\\\"? Potholes are pretty useful for explaining character relationships and whatnot to non fans, and I think cutting those out of spoiler tags can be pretty limiting. Now, I get that it\\\'s preferable to keep them outside most of the time, but I can think of some situations where that isn\\\'t really feasible.
For example, consider this hypothetical entry on TookALevelInKindness
* In Example Story 3, Alice starts out as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, but eventually grows into a straight up NiceGirl thanks to the influence of her friends. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, she has a bit of relapse after running into her OldFlame, [[Jerkass: Bob]].]]
In that example, Bob isn\\\'t relevant to the trope outside of the spoilered part, so it doesn\\\'t really work to mention him and his jerkass and old flame statuses beforehand. I suppose you could change the wording to \\\"... her jerkass old flame, Bob\\\" and make sure neither \\\"old flame\\\" nor \\\"jerkass\\\" link to their respective trope pages, but the delinking would make it harder for the uninformed to learn more about the tropes in question (granted, though, those specific tropes aren\\\'t too hard to figure out from their titles.) And that aside, aren\\\'t less wordy examples the preferred route?
So, what\\\'s the protocol in cases like that? I personally think the potholing would easily be the lesser evil, but I\\\'ll relent if that\\\'s contrary to greater consensus.
For example, consider this hypothetical entry on TookALevelInKindness
* In Example Story 3, Alice starts out as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, but eventually grows into a straight up NiceGirl thanks to the influence of her friends. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, she has a bit of relapse after running into her OldFlame, [[Jerkass: Bob]].]]
In that example, Bob isn\\\'t relevant to the trope outside of the spoilered part, so it doesn\\\'t really work to mention him and his jerkass and old flame statuses beforehand. I suppose you could change the wording to \\\"... her jerkass old flame, Bob\\\" and make sure neither \\\"old flame\\\" nor \\\"jerkass\\\" link to their respective trope pages, but the delinking would make it harder for the uninformed to learn more about the tropes in question (granted, though, those specific tropes aren\\\'t too hard to figure out from their titles.) And that aside, aren\\\'t less wordy examples the preferred route?
So, what\\\'s the protocol in cases like that? I personally think the potholing would easily be the lesser evil, but I\\\'ll relent if that\\\'s contrary to greater consensus.
