Violations of the Spoiler Policy

The Jasper character page has "Click here for her Corrupted form." in the caption. I'm not sure if it was ever discussed to be within the rules, but there's an example.

By their very nature, image captions count as "above the Examples line".

Steven Universe — Lars Barriga similarly has "Click here to see him after resurrection" as the caption. I think these two should be exceptions to the "no spoilers above the example line" rule, since it's important that it's seen (at least for Lars, since he spends a lot of time in that form) but I don't think it should be unmarked.

The Uncorrupted Gem images besides Nephrite could probably go, though, since they're just brief silent cameos. They could be added back if they play a bigger role in Season 6.

If we allow this, some people will take it as an excuse to try to go back to spoiler tagging actors, names, and so on. Honestly, it's better to not allow it at all instead of trying to go on a case-by-case basis.

Well said.

Honestly, I feel like for Steven Universe's character sheet, it may be better to just put up "WARNING: ALL SPOILERS UNMARKED" on the main index page, and then leave everything Spoilers Off.

Depends on how spoiler-heavy the show is. I don't watch it, so I can't give a specific opinion.

To start with, are the pages only tagging spoilers from the current season? Because that's a compromise between "tag everything" and "don't tag anything."

All of the spoilers discussed are from the latest season, besides Jasper's image caption. Steven Universe — White Diamond was rightfully made Spoilers Off, but I don't think that should apply to all characters, since most of them still have plenty of characterization tropes that don't spoil anything. I could see making Steven Universe — Lars Barriga and Steven Universe — Pink Diamond spoilers-off, but not the Gem Monsters since most of them are just Monsters of the Week.

Speaking of SU, I re-added the spoiler tag in the second bullet in the "General" section, since it's not contained in a folder, and even though moments pages are Spoilers Off, I think people should be able see the Season 1A folder without seeing the biggest plot twist in Season 5.

Moments pages are Spoilers Off. It's better to rephrase the example to avoid spoilers entirely.

Do the entries on YMMV.The LEGO Movie 2 The Second Part discussing the movie's "anti-bullying moral/lesson" make it too obvious that the queen and General Mayhem aren't the real villains?

EDIT: Dwelling on the entries, it feels likelier that they'd spoil Emmet acting mean to the queen making everyone's problems worse, but I don't know if that really sounds like a spoiler, or just a Foregone Conclusion.^note I came into the movie already knowing the real villain.

Edited by dsneybuf on Mar 7th 2019 at 10:18:19 AM

I think examples for Moral Event Horizon should be Spoilers Off, at least on its subpages. Opinions?

Seems reasonable on its subpages, but I don't think it should be on work YMMV pages.

I don't think Radar/ pages should be Spoilers Off. Getting Crap Past the Radar is an ordinary trope, not "moments" like Awesome/, Funny/, Heartwarming/, Tear Jerker/, and Nightmare Fuel/, which are all Audience Reactions.

Also, I think the spoiler tagging of Wheel of Fortune guesses on Funny.The Runaway Guys Other should be restored, since it indicates which letters were already on the board and which were guessed.

Edited by rjd1922 on Sep 13th 2019 at 9:38:25 AM

Re: Runaway Guys, there's past history of Wheel of Fortune answers being spoiler tagged in that way, so it's probably fair game.

I think spoiler tagging Funny subpages should be fine to preserve punchlines.

Hmm, I thought that all moments pages would be Spoilers Off.

Edited by gjjones on Mar 11th 2019 at 7:14:47 AM

"To preserve punchlines" is probably too far, especially in highly comedic works.

We're already stretching it with Wheel of Fortune.

So what do we do if a work's Headscratcher's page contains spoilers for a different work (like a sequel, prequel, source material of an adaptation, or whatever), e.g. a headscratcher for Kingdom Hearts 3D [Dream Drop Distance] or BBS containing a spoiler for Kingdom Hearts III?

Does Spoilers Off apply in those cases too, even if it's not a spoiler of the work the Headscratchers page is about, but rather a spoiler about a different installment or work entirely?

Edited by Albert3105 on Mar 14th 2019 at 2:10:28 AM

Pages for sequels/prequels can assume Spoilers Off for their predecessors, but entirely unrelated works should not be spoiled.

So a predecessor's Headscratcher's page shouldn't have spoilers from the successors?

Edited by Albert3105 on Mar 14th 2019 at 3:23:18 AM

Correct. Write around it if at all possible.

No. Spoilers Off for moments pages. No exceptions.

And besides, using spoilers severely limits many tropers' ability to write a fleshed out entry, it seems.

I still don't see why Radar/ pages are Spoilers Off, since Getting Crap Past the Radar is an ordinary trope, not a YMMV "moment".

Because of how many folders on Characters.Stretch Armstrong And The Flex Fighters (including those for some of the show's most prominent female characters) already contain unmarked Late Arrival Spoilers (and warnings about the lack of tags), would anyone mind if I ever decided to expose the ones in the other folders as well?

Unfamiliar with the original work, but if you think it's the right thing to be done, go ahead and do it.