History Administrivia / SpoilersOff

Incidentally, if you're utterly disgusted with big blocks of [[spoiler:whited-out text (or blacked out if you have Night Vision)]] turning everything into Swiss cheese, there's an easy solution: turn off spoilers, and see everything without having to click on it. It's as easy as hitting the "Show Spoilers" switch near the top of the page, and you can also go into [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/profile.php your profile]] as well.

* '''{{Recap}} pages.''' These are designed to give detailed information about the plot of a work. It is impossible to know all of the details without knowing the spoilers. Details about future episodes should not be on an episode's recap page to begin with; those go in the page for the episode in which they appear. {{Foreshadowing}} should be handled delicately; again, mention only the details in the episode in question and not what specifically is being foreshadowed.

** '''The big exception:''' ''Theatre/TheMousetrap'', a play famous for [[DoNotSpoilThisEnding swearing its audience to secrecy]]. No matter how much time passes, it will ''[[SeriousBusiness never]]'' be on this list.
* '''Particularly spoiler-heavy work pages and trope pages.''' This is true if the proportion of content that counts as spoilers is high enough that using spoiler tags would result in most of the page being spoilered out (namely in all DeathTropes, as well as works with the volume of [[Administrivia/SelfFulfillingSpoiler Self-Fulfilling Spoilers]] that ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', and ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' do), and ''especially'' if the trope examples or works are highly impractical to discuss without spoiling everything. However, trope examples from spoiler-heavy works may have spoiler tags on trope pages.

* '''Re-examination of past fictional events in a later installment.''' When dealing with things like FridgeBrilliance, HilariousInHindsight, or a FunnyAneurysmMoment, it may be tempting to put a spoiler for a later installment when describing something that is seen in a new light because of events in that later installment. Don't put those details in the earlier page ''at all''; only reference them in the page for the later work (and in its YMMV page only). If a plot element is re-examined because of RealLife events, then said tropes go in the YMMV page for the earlier work, and without spoiler tags.

* '''{{Recap}} pages.''' These are designed to give detailed information about the plot of a work. Someone who wants both all of the details and not to see spoilers is not someone we can help. Details about future episodes should not be on an episode's recap page to begin with; those go in the page for the episode in which they appear. {{Foreshadowing}} should be handled delicately; again, mention only the details in the episode in question and not what specifically is being foreshadowed.
* '''{{Fridge}} pages, Headscratchers/{{Headscratchers}}, WildMassGuessing pages, and the various "Moments" subpages (''e.g.'' SugarWiki/FunnyMoments, SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments, SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, NightmareFuel, TearJerker).''' These are for post-viewing discussions of the work in question; everyone who reads them is assumed to have already seen all there is to see.

We have a general policy on Administrivia/HandlingSpoilers. But sometimes, there's no point. Some works have become so common, or were made so long ago, that there are probably only one or two humans left worldwide who haven't seen or read it ''and'' still care about not seeing spoilers. We feel for them, but we can't help them; catering to them would leave the wiki half-covered in spoiler tags.

* '''{{Recap}} pages.''' These are designed to give detailed information about a work. Someone who wants both all of the details and not to see spoilers is not someone we can help. Details about future episodes should not be on an episode's recap page to begin with; those go in the page for the episode in which they appear. {{Foreshadowing}} should be handled delicately; again, mention only the details in the episode in question and not what specifically is being foreshadowed.

* '''Particularly spoiler-heavy work pages and trope pages.''' This is true if the proportion of content that counts as spoilers is high enough that using spoiler tags would result in most of the page being spoilered out (namely in all DeathTropes, as wall as works with the volume of [[Administrivia/SelfFulfillingSpoiler Self-Fulfilling Spoilers]] that ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', and ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' do), and ''especially'' if the trope examples or works are highly impractical to discuss without spoiling everything. However, trope examples from spoiler-heavy works may have spoiler tags on trope pages.

* '''Particularly spoiler-heavy work pages and trope pages.''' This is true if the proportion of content that counts as spoilers is high enough that using spoiler tags would result in most of the page being spoilered out (namely in all DeathTropes, as wall as works with the volume of SelfFulfillingSpoilers that ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', and ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' do), and ''especially'' if the trope examples or works are highly impractical to discuss without spoiling everything. However, trope examples from spoiler-heavy works may have spoiler tags on trope pages.

* '''Particularly spoiler-heavy work pages and trope pages.''' This is true if the proportion of content that counts as spoilers is high enough that using spoiler tags would result in most of the page being spoilered out (namely in all DeathTropes, as wall as works with spoilers built all over them to the extent that ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', and ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' do), and ''especially'' if the trope examples or works are highly impractical to discuss without spoiling everything. However, trope examples from spoiler-heavy works may have spoiler tags on trope pages.

* '''{{Fridge}} pages, Headscratchers/{{Headscratchers}}, '''WildMassGuessing pages''', and the various "Moments" subpages (''e.g.'' SugarWiki/FunnyMoments, SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments, SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, NightmareFuel, TearJerker).''' These are for post-viewing discussions of the work in question; everyone who reads them is assumed to have already seen all there is to see.

* '''{{Fridge}} pages, Headscratchers/{{Headscratchers}}, and the various "Moments" subpages (''e.g.'' SugarWiki/FunnyMoments, SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments, SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, NightmareFuel, TearJerker).''' These are for post-viewing discussions of the work in question; everyone who reads them is assumed to have already seen all there is to see. However, there are a few compromises:
** It's considered good practice to put a notice at the top of the page warning Tropers who stumble upon it of unmarked spoilers. Similarly, the page image cannot be a spoiler, as it's above the example line and the first thing most readers see.
** As a courtesy, please do not spoil later installments or episodes in a subpage for an earlier installment or episode, so as to minimize the LateArrivalSpoiler effect. With {{Headscratchers}}, it can be tricky sometimes, as something that happens in that work may only be called into question by something that happens in a later work; future works may be ''referenced'' but not described.

* '''WildMassGuessing pages'''. These subpages house theories made by users familiar with the work, making them another place for post-viewing discussion. Spoiler tags there will defeat the purpose, and cases in which the theory header gets completely spoiler tagged along with the body are worse than no theory at all.

* Re-examination of past fictional events in a later installment.''' When dealing with things like FridgeBrilliance, HilariousInHindsight, or a FunnyAneurysmMoment, it may be tempting to put a spoiler for a later installment when describing something that is seen in a new light because of events in that later installment. Don't put those details in the earlier page ''at all''; only reference them in the page for the later work (and in its YMMV page only). If a plot element is re-examined because of RealLife events, then said tropes go in the YMMV page for the earlier work, and without spoiler tags.

* '''Particularly spoiler-heavy work pages and trope pages.''' This is true if the proportion of content that counts as spoilers is high enough that using spoiler tags would result in most of the page being spoilered out (namely in all DeathTropes; CharacterSheets of {{Walking Spoiler}}s; and works with spoilers built all over them to the extent that ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', and ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' do), and ''especially'' if the trope examples or works are highly impractical to discuss without spoiling everything. However, trope examples from spoiler-heavy works may have spoiler tags on trope pages.

* '''Certain AudienceReactions that re-examine events in a later installment.''' When dealing with things like FridgeBrilliance, HilariousInHindsight, or a FunnyAneurysmMoment, it may be tempting to put a spoiler for a later installment when describing something that is seen in a new light because of events in that later installment. Don't put those details in the earlier page ''at all''; only reference them in the page for the later work (and in its YMMV page only). If a plot element is re-examined because of RealLife events, then said tropes go in the YMMV page for the earlier work, and without spoiler tags.

* '''Particularly spoiler-heavy work pages and trope pages.''' This is true if the proportion of content that counts as spoilers is high enough that using spoiler tags would result in most of the page being spoilered out (namely in all DeathTropes; CharacterSheets of {{Walking Spoiler}}s; and as works with spoilers built all over them to the extent that ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', and ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' do), and ''especially'' if the trope examples or works are impractical to discuss without spoiling everything. However, trope examples from spoiler-heavy works may have spoiler tags on trope pages.

* '''Particularly spoiler-heavy work pages and trope pages.''' This is true if the proportion of content that counts as spoilers is high enough that using spoiler tags would result in most of the page being spoilered out (namely in all DeathTropes, as well as works with spoilers built all over them to the extent that ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', and ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' do), and ''especially'' if the trope examples or works are impractical to discuss without spoiling everything. However, trope examples from spoiler-heavy works may have spoiler tags on trope pages.

* '''Particularly spoiler-heavy work pages and trope pages.''' This is true if the proportion of content that counts as spoilers is high enough (namely in all DeathTropes, as well as works with spoilers built all over them to the extent that ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', and ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' do), and ''especially'' if the trope examples or works are impractical to discuss without spoiling everything. However, trope examples from spoiler-heavy works may have spoiler tags on trope pages.

* '''Particularly spoiler-heavy works and tropes.''' This is true if the proportion of content that counts as spoilers is high enough (namely in all DeathTropes, as well as works with spoilers built all over them to the extent that ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', and ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' do), and ''especially'' if the trope examples or works are impractical to discuss without spoiling everything. However, trope examples from SpoileredRotten works may have spoiler tags on trope pages.

* '''Particularly spoiler-heavy works and tropes.''' This is true if the proportion of content that counts as spoilers is high enough (namely in all DeathTropes, as well as works with spoilers built all over them to the extent that VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub does), and ''especially'' if the trope examples or works are impractical to discuss without spoiling everything. However, trope examples from SpoileredRotten works may have spoiler tags on trope pages.

** It's considered good practice to put a notice at the top of the page warning Tropers who stumble upon it of unmarked spoilers. Similarly, the page image still cannot be a spoiler, as it's above the example line.

** It's considered good practice to put a notice at the top of the page warning Tropers who stumble upon it of unmarked spoilers.

** As a courtesy, please do not spoil later installments or episodes in a subpage for an earlier installment or episode, so as to minimise the LateArrivalSpoiler effect. With {{Headscratchers}}, it can be tricky sometimes, as something that happens in that work may only be called into question by something that happens in a later work; future works may be ''referenced'' but not described.

* '''Entries in CharacterSheets with [[WalkingSpoiler Walking]] or LateArrivalSpoiler[=s=]'''. Sometimes, some seemingly minor characters are so significant that discussing or even ''mentioning'' them would spoil a major plot point of a work, if not the entire work. In character pages for these works, these characters' entire entries could be spoiler-tagged to the point of the entry being unreadable to the average reader, making the effort pointless. Later works can also inadvertently spoil significant points about these characters if the reader hadn't read any prior works featuring them. Thus, it's recommended that character entries whose subjects fall under Walking and/or Late-Arrival spoiler have their spoilers un-tagged from the works' character pages; they can still be tagged on main, trivia and YMMV pages as well as other character entries mentioning the characters in question.

** '''However, a notice cautioning the reader about the spoiler-heavy nature character should be added at the top of these pages as a form of courtesy'''. If possible, give the character an alternate name for the entry folder while leaving their real name in the entry. If the character is part of a larger set of characters in a single folder (e.g. Roz from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' being part of the "Monsters Inc. Staff" folder), please add a spoiler notice before the sub-entry.

** As a courtesy, please do not spoil later installments or episodes in a subpage for an earlier instalment or episode, so as to minimise the LateArrivalSpoiler effect. With {{Headscratchers}}, it can be tricky sometimes, as something that happens in that work may only be called into question by something that happens in a later work; future works may be ''referenced'' but not described.
* '''Certain AudienceReactions that re-examine events in a later instalment.''' When dealing with things like FridgeBrilliance, HilariousInHindsight, or a FunnyAneurysmMoment, it may be tempting to put a spoiler for a later installment when describing something that is seen in a new light because of events in that later installment. Don't put those details in the earlier page ''at all''; only reference them in the page for the later work (and in its YMMV page only). If a plot element is re-examined because of RealLife events, then said tropes go in the YMMV page for the earlier work, and without spoiler tags.

** As a courtesy, please do not spoil later installments or episodes in a subpage for an earlier installement or episode, so as to minimise the LateArrivalSpoiler effect. With {{Headscratchers}}, it can be tricky sometimes, as something that happens in that work may only be called into question by something that happens in a later work; future works may be ''referenced'' but not described.
* '''Certain AudienceReactions that re-examine events in a later installment.''' When dealing with things like FridgeBrilliance, HilariousInHindsight, or a FunnyAneurysmMoment, it may be tempting to put a spoiler for a later installment when describing something that is seen in a new light because of events in that later installment. Don't put those details in the earlier page ''at all''; only reference them in the page for the later work (and in its YMMV page only). If a plot element is re-examined because of RealLife events, then said tropes go in the YMMV page for the earlier work, and without spoiler tags.

* '''{{Fridge}} pages, Headscratchers/{{Headscratchers}}, and the various "Moments" subpages (''e.g.'' SugarWiki/FunnyMoments, SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments, SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, TearJerker).''' These are for post-viewing discussions of the work in question; everyone who reads them is assumed to have already seen all there is to see. However, there are a few compromises:

* '''Quotes from a work.''' Don't put any quotes in spoilers. Either the spoiler tags are unnecessary, or the quote itself is. You can work around this with ellipses (...) if need be.