History Administrivia / SpoilersOff

Spoilers off for:

* Fridge, Headscratchers, and the various Moments subpages (TearJerker, MomentOfAwesome, etc.) are for post-viewing discussions. Spoiler tagging there defeats the purpose of the articles. You shouldn't be going there if you are worried about them.

* Fridge and Headscratchers subpages are for post-viewing discussions. Spoiler tagging there defeats the purpose of the articles. You shouldn't be going there if you are worried about them.

* If the article is an episode recap, no spoiler font. The nature of the thing is to give detailed information about the episode. A person who wants both all the details and to not see spoilers is not a person we can help. However, do not add spoilers for future episodes, even under tags. Those go on the later episode pages.

* Fridge and Headscratchers articles are for post-viewing discussions. Spoiler tagging there defeats the purpose of the articles. You shouldn't be going there if you are worried about them.

See also ItWasHisSled and LateArrivalSpoiler. Note that ''Theatre/TheMousetrap'' will '''[[SeriousBusiness never]]''' be on this list before 2047.

* Anything from myth (e.g., [[Theatre/OedipusTheKing Oedipus]]), religion (e.g., Literature/TheBible), or even legends (e.g., RobinHood). If it's OlderThanDirt (or at least OlderThanFeudalism), it's definitely OK. That said, ''occasionally'' spoiling Biblical events ([[spoiler:Jesus dies]] but [[spoiler: comes back to life]]) [[RuleOfFunny can be very funny]]. Just don't go overusing it.

Incidentally, if big blocks of [[spoiler:whited-out text]] turning everything into Swiss cheese look needlessly hideous to you, you can set it up so that spoilers are always visible by going to [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/profile.php your profile]] or just by hitting the spoilers switch on your left. You could also check to see if the spoiler text really has anything to do with the trope. [[Administrivia/HandlingSpoilers If it doesn't, delete it]]. Alternatively, turn on "Night Vision" mode to have the spoilers turn black instead of white.

Incidentally, if big blocks of [[spoiler:whited-out text]] turning everything into Swiss cheese look needlessly hideous to you, you can set it up so that spoilers are always visible by going to [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/profile.php your profile]] or just by hitting the spoilers switch on your left. You could also check to see if the spoiler text really has anything to do with the trope. [[Administrivia/HandlingSpoilers If it doesn't, delete it]].

Incidentally, if big blocks of [[spoiler:whited-out text]] turning everything into Swiss cheese look needlessly hideous to you, you can go to [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/profile.php your profile]] and set it up so that spoilers are always visible. You could also check to see if the spoiler text really has anything to do with the trope. [[Administrivia/HandlingSpoilers If it doesn't, delete it]].

* If the article is an episode recap, no spoiler font. The nature of the thing is to give detailed information about the episode. A person who wants both all the details and to not see spoilers is not a person we can help. However do not add spoilers for future episodes, even under tags. Those go on the later episode pages.

* Anything from myth (e.g., [[Theatre/OedipusTheKing Oedipus]]), religion (e.g., Literature/TheBible), or even legends (e.g., RobinHood). If it's OlderThanDirt (or at least OlderThanFeudalism), it's definitely OK. That said, ''occasionally'' spoiling Biblical events ([[spoiler:Jesus dies]] but [[spoiler: comes back to life]]) is [[RuleOfFunny often very funny]]. Just don't go overusing it.

* If you spoiler-tag a ''fact'', something that happened in RealLife, you have our full and express permission to punch yourself in the face. Unless you do it [[RuleOfFunny to be funny]], then the person who doesn't realize it's a joke and angrily deletes the tag has the face punching permission.

[[quoteright:270:[[Webcomic/PennyArcade http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KongDies_OnePanel_4587.jpg]]]]

* Anything from myth (e.g., [[ParentalIncest Oedipus]]), religion (e.g., Literature/TheBible), or even legends (e.g., RobinHood). If it's OlderThanDirt (or at least OlderThanFeudalism), it's definitely OK. That said, ''occasionally'' spoiling Biblical events ([[spoiler:Jesus dies]] but [[spoiler: comes back to life]]) is [[RuleOfFunny often very funny]]. Just don't go overusing it.

[[caption-width-right:270:[[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/5/ Too soon?]]]]

* If the article is an episode recap, no spoiler font. The nature of the thing is to give detailed information about the episode. A person who wants both all the details and to not see spoilers is not a person we can help.

Spoiler off for:

* If [[PublicDomainCharacter the copyright has expired]], or if it predates the very concept of copyright, it's probably free to spoil. In the vast majority of countries, this roughly coincides with anything OlderThanRadio.

* The cat is likewise out of the bag for all of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's plays.

* Spoiling specific media adaptations is still frowned upon. (i.e., just because spoilers are off for ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'' doesn't mean you can spoil ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'')

** Anything from myth (e.g., [[ParentalIncest Oedipus]]), religion (e.g., Literature/TheBible), or even legends (e.g., RobinHood). If it's OlderThanDirt (or at least OlderThanFeudalism), it's definitely OK. That said, ''occasionally'' spoiling Biblical events ([[spoiler:Jesus dies]] but [[spoiler: comes back to life]]) is [[RuleOfFunny often very funny]]. Just don't go overusing it.
** The cat is likewise out of the bag for all of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's plays.

** For example the fact that the Titanic sinks in the film ''Film/{{Titanic}}'' is not a spoiler - every person living after April 1912 knows "a Titanic" is practically synonymous with "the ship sinks", so to ''seriously'' spoiler-tag it is silly. However it is ''so well known'' that you could spoiler-tag it just to be funny, but don't overuse it.

** For example the fact that the Titanic sinks in the film ''Film/{{Titanic}}'' is not a spoiler - "A Titanic" is practically synonymous with "the ship sinks", so to ''seriously'' spoiler-tag it is silly. However it is ''so well known'' that you could spoiler-tag it just to be funny, but don't overuse it.

** For example the fact that the Titanic sinks in the film ''Film/{{Titanic}}'' is not a spoiler - "A Titanic" is practically synonymous with "the ship sinks", so to ''seriously'' spoil it is silly.

* If [[PublicDomainCharacter the copyright has expired]], it's probably free to spoil. In the vast majority of countries, this roughly coincides with anything OlderThanRadio.

See also ItWasHisSled and LateArrivalSpoiler. Note that ''Theatre/TheMousetrap'' will '''[[SeriousBusiness never]]''' be on this list.

* Anything from myth (e.g., [[ParentalIncest Oedipus]]), religion (e.g., Literature/TheBible), or even legends (e.g., RobinHood). If it's OlderThanDirt (or at least OlderThanFeudalism), it's definitely OK. That said, ''occasionally'' spoiling Biblical events ([[spoiler:Jesus dies]] but [[spoiler: comes back to life]]) is [[RuleOfFunny often very funny]]. Just don't go overusing it.
* The cat is likewise out of the bag for all of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's plays.

Incidentally, if big blocks of [[spoiler:whited-out text]] turning everything into Swiss cheese look needlessly hideous to you, you can go to [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/profile.php your profile]] and set it up so that spoilers are always visible. You could also check to see if the spoiler text really has anything to do with the trope. [[HandlingSpoilers If it doesn't, delete it]].