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This is the thread to report all violations of the site's spoiler policy in, as well as a place to coordinate cleanup of those articles.

Edited by Mrph1 on Oct 18th 2025 at 11:06:42 AM

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#802: Dec 6th 2020 at 11:46:46 AM

So, the latest chapter of My Hero Academia finally reveals Bakugo's hero name. Should this be added to the header of his character page? On one hand, it is kind of a spoiler, since it's a question that's been up in the air for a long time. On the other hand, it's a pretty minor one that doesn't really ruin your experience if you know it in advance, and going on a character page means you're going to see at least some spoilers no matter what you do. Other characters have their hero name in their header too, so it'd be more consistent.

It was there before, in spoiler tags, then removed because headers shouldn't have spoiler tags.

Edited by Zuxtron on Dec 6th 2020 at 3:03:10 PM

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#803: Dec 7th 2020 at 7:46:25 AM

[up] The spoiler tag that's already up there should be removed. No opinion on the new spoiler, as I'm not following the series.

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#804: Dec 8th 2020 at 10:13:24 PM

The VideoGame.Mitsumete Knight page might need a glance over for spoiler policy violations (spoiler tagging trope names) and a general cleanup as well.

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#805: Dec 11th 2020 at 12:14:58 PM

Wait nvm I figured it out on my own

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Dec 11th 2020 at 2:15:44 PM

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#806: Dec 11th 2020 at 5:21:35 PM

So, Promare has this spoiler warning on it:


Spoiler Warning: As the film is released worldwide, major plot elements will be presented and blocked by spoiler tags. Please refrain from lifting spoiler tags if you intend on watching the film.

I can understand a warning saying that a page will have unmarked spoilers, but this one is warning the reader that spoilers WILL be tagged? Why is this needed? Do we really need to explain "There are spoilers under the spoiler tags, don't click them if you don't want to see spoilers"?

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#807: Dec 11th 2020 at 5:24:49 PM

Yeah, that's redundant. We removed it.

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#808: Dec 12th 2020 at 9:43:59 PM

In Snowpiercer Character page, the group named Big Alice got it's entire label and character folder name spoiler tagged including their description. So what should I do about it?

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#809: Dec 15th 2020 at 2:59:35 PM

I feel like the page for Animator vs. Animation has way too many spoilered texts, same for its subpage (Notably the characters one). I think it's kinda jarring since the series' appeal isn't in the lore. Is it possible to look into it?

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#810: Dec 15th 2020 at 6:44:29 PM

There are two “Spoiler Character” folders in Paper Mario: The Origami King. I haven’t played the game myself, so I don’t know enough context to rename them descriptively, but I think the one listed with the enemies may be possible to just mention by name? OTOH, knowing what I did find out about the game, the one that’s an ally probably shouldn’t have the name listed on the folder.

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#811: Dec 15th 2020 at 6:59:49 PM

Character folder titles do need to contain enough information to identify the character — "Spoiler Character" isn't allowed. Oblique descriptors like "The Killer" are fine, though.

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Dec 15th 2020 at 9:00:01 AM

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#812: Dec 15th 2020 at 10:42:59 PM

Can you guys please check on my previous post? It has been two to three days.

Edited by Bubblepig on Dec 16th 2020 at 12:03:03 PM

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#813: Dec 16th 2020 at 2:04:48 AM

[up][up][up] The 2 spoiler characters should simply have their name in the folder, the Origami Craftsman is just a title which doesn't reveal anything about him until you meet him in game and Stapler isn't even a main character so it has no reason to have its name hidden.

Edited by jOSEFdelaville on Dec 16th 2020 at 11:05:36 AM

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#815: Dec 16th 2020 at 9:03:23 AM

MT’s folder in Characters.Infinity Train contains a spoiler in the header (not the folder header, but the header within the folder) when stating the name she chooses for herself (Lake). Is that allowed?

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#816: Dec 16th 2020 at 9:05:49 AM

Guys I need help. Can you please check on my previous post about Snowpiercer?

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#817: Dec 16th 2020 at 9:06:51 AM

[up] That is explicitly not allowed and should be unspoilered right away.

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#818: Dec 16th 2020 at 9:08:04 AM

[up]Then what I should unmarked?

Edited by Bubblepig on Dec 16th 2020 at 9:08:17 AM

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#820: Dec 16th 2020 at 9:56:24 AM

[up]Oh, ok. Thank you.

Edited by Bubblepig on Dec 16th 2020 at 9:56:35 AM

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#821: Dec 16th 2020 at 11:10:26 AM

What to do with the Gold Experience folder on Characters.Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure Team Bucciarati? It has a note that says "Click here to see SPOILERS", and what's under that note is indeed a spoiler for the ending of the series. The voice credits also have a spoiler tag.

The JoJo fandom does indeed treat the very existence of Gold Experience Requiem, and Requiem Stands in general as a huge spoiler, so I'm not sure if just putting the name in the tag and header is okay. Then again, it's a character page, so spoilers are to be expected.

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#822: Dec 17th 2020 at 12:01:31 PM

[up]You did the right thing by naming it (him? Not a JJBA fan, not sure.) in the caption.

Captions are considered above the line, so spoiler tagging in them is not allowed. Additionally, "click here for spoilers" accomplishes the same thing as "spoiler character" (that is to say absolutely nothing,) so it's best not to do that.

For future reference by other tropers, if something like this is really that much of a problem, you can place a spoiler warning in the folder title.

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#823: Dec 17th 2020 at 12:06:55 PM

I put a spoiler warning at the top of the page. Putting one directly in the folder's name would just be drawing more attention to the fact that Gold Experience is involved in a big spoiler.

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#824: Dec 24th 2020 at 5:21:55 AM

Kansas City Shuffle has a Spoilers Off warning, but still has a number of spoiler-tagged entries, particularly in the Anime and Manga folder. I note that this warning misuses Walking Spoiler in such an unusual way that I immediately added it to Sandbox.Walking Spoiler Wick Check. (Walking Spoilers are characters, not titles.)

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#825: Dec 31st 2020 at 9:04:00 PM

~MasterN spoiler tagged "Genocide Jack" in the Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc quote on Quotes.Even Evil Has Standards, even though the quote doesn't spoil anything about Jack's identity or gender.

Something still needs to be done about the Pokémon The Chris Carter Effect entry I brought up on the last page.

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