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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

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#1126: Oct 19th 2021 at 9:58:02 AM

I'd assume people who write or read WMG are fans who closely follow the works and know what has happened in them. It's not really logical to read others' theory-building if you're still early in the work, unless you're watching a playthrough.

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#1127: Oct 19th 2021 at 12:08:35 PM

I don't think WMG is spoilers off, but it really should be. There's no reason why someone who's worried about spoilers would want to look at those pages.

Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#1128: Oct 19th 2021 at 5:52:00 PM

I agree they should be spoilers off. Just a quick warning up top is good enough, as the person can turn back by seeing that. Or at least not be spoiled on everything.

Shadow?
Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#1129: Oct 19th 2021 at 10:26:43 PM

Alright. I'll ask the rest of the staff if it can be applied to other pages in the namespace. I won't have time until later on to hack all 150 of the tags.

Edit: Got the go-ahead to add the namespace to Spoilers Off.

Edited by Berrenta on Oct 19th 2021 at 12:44:53 PM

PhantomDusclops92 Nitpicky Nitwit from Italy Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Nitpicky Nitwit
#1130: Oct 21st 2021 at 8:46:47 AM

Too many of the recap pages for Darkwing Duck have spoiler tags inside.

bwburke94 I am mad scientist! It's so cool! from 1.048596% (Y2: Electric Boogaloo) Relationship Status: She does the things you do, but she is an IBM
I am mad scientist! It's so cool!
#1131: Oct 22nd 2021 at 8:29:10 AM

As can be expected from a Danganronpa fanfic by this point, Characters.Danganronpa Class Switch is a mess. (The page is currently checked out, so maybe the person currently editing the page is already working on it?)

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PhantomDusclops92 Nitpicky Nitwit from Italy Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Nitpicky Nitwit
#1132: Oct 23rd 2021 at 2:27:53 PM

Pokémon Xenoverse haves a lot of character folders with spoilers in their names.

Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#1133: Oct 25th 2021 at 11:59:40 AM

Never mind.

Edited by Karxrida on Oct 25th 2021 at 12:04:22 PM

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#1134: Oct 25th 2021 at 10:35:49 PM

Sunny's folder at OMORI – Main Group has been made Spoilers On with no edit reason and considering the trope names, I don't see it being any useful.

Maybe put Unmarked Spoilers on the entire Faraway Town section instead? It's just one Wham Episode after another anyway.

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PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#1135: Oct 26th 2021 at 11:22:37 AM

Well, it’s not technically breaking any rules, but I see your point.

Unicorndance Logic Girl from Thames, N.Z. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Logic Girl
#1136: Oct 26th 2021 at 2:43:06 PM

The ParaNorman example on Informed Wrongness is entirely spoilered out. Can I change it so that the only spoilered parts are the parts that reference her age?

For every low there is a high.
Berrenta Bejeweled (she/her) (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Bejeweled (she/her)
#1137: Oct 27th 2021 at 8:51:15 AM

[up] That could work.

Meanwhile, Characters.Hidden Prophices needs a spoiler tag intervention. There are also sinkholed trope entries, but those are easy to resolve.

Edited by Berrenta on Oct 27th 2021 at 11:00:04 AM

Tabs Since: Jan, 2001
gjjones Musician/Composer from South Wales, New York Since: Jul, 2016
Musician/Composer
#1140: Oct 31st 2021 at 11:30:47 PM

This all-white example was added to Emerald's section in Characters.RWBY The Heroes:

  • Allegiance Affirmation: After receiving confirmation from Tyrian that Salem intends to destroy the world, Emerald decides to help Hazel rescue Oscar, Jaune, Yang and Ren from Salem's whale. She later aids the heroes in subduing a malfunctioning Penny, confirming her decision to switch sides.

Thoughts on what to do with this?

He/His/Him. No matter who you are, always Be Yourself.
bwburke94 I am mad scientist! It's so cool! from 1.048596% (Y2: Electric Boogaloo) Relationship Status: She does the things you do, but she is an IBM
I am mad scientist! It's so cool!
#1141: Oct 31st 2021 at 11:42:19 PM

Technically doesn't violate the policy. It's just really bad form.

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gjjones Musician/Composer from South Wales, New York Since: Jul, 2016
Musician/Composer
#1142: Oct 31st 2021 at 11:55:27 PM

Indeed. I think we can try revising the entry where necessary.

Edited by gjjones on Nov 1st 2021 at 3:31:57 AM

He/His/Him. No matter who you are, always Be Yourself.
Paradoxic Tricky Troper (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Tricky Troper
#1143: Nov 1st 2021 at 4:13:32 AM

What needs to be done to revise the entry?

EDIT: Ah, my bad. How's this?

  • Allegiance Affirmation: After receiving confirmation from Tyrian that Salem intends to destroy the world, Emerald decides to help Hazel rescue Oscar, Jaune, Yang and Ren from Salem's whale. She later aids the heroes in subduing a malfunctioning Penny, confirming her decision to switch sides.
    Ironwood: You've done the right thing.
    "Penny": (with Emerald's voice/smirk, shortly before ending the illusion) I have. Feels weird.

Edited by Paradoxic on Nov 1st 2021 at 10:15:36 PM

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#1144: Nov 1st 2021 at 6:51:36 AM

Or maybe you could keep the spoiler tags, but start the example by mentioning in which episode the trope happens.

Although, the mere fact that Emerald's folder is on the Heroes page already gives away the spoiler anyway, so maybe you could just take off the spoiler tag.

(I wonder why her folder was even moved... isn't the policy to hide spoilers from the latest Volume?)

Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#1145: Nov 1st 2021 at 2:18:13 PM

Tropers in the RWBY fandom like troping things the second they happen, so it's not uncommon to see tropers moving entire folders to different pages as soon as an episode has aired, usually without seeking consensus. So, a troper on the RWBY forum thread suggested The Heroes page as a solution, and the majority supported it.

For the character page, I'd suggest removing the spoiler tags, since it'll go under Emerald's folder anyway. There's no point in using spoiler tags if what's hidden is going to be obvious, and the spoiler tags will be removed before Volume 9 starts airing anyway. I would also say that the example quote needs to change. It does not demonstrate the trope, and doesn't even demonstrate the example used; also, if a quote needs a longer explanation that it has words to quote, it's probably not the right quote to be using. As the entry states, the trope occurs when she helps the heroes subdue the malfunctioning Penny, and that moment has a perfectly usable quote:

  • Allegiance Affirmation: After receiving confirmation from Tyrian that Salem intends to destroy the world, Emerald decides to help Hazel rescue Oscar, Jaune, Yang and Ren from Salem's whale. She later aids the heroes in subduing a malfunctioning Penny and then gives them all a pep talk, confirming her decision to switch sides.
Emerald: I think you're wrong, by the way. I highly doubt you're in the same place you started. I-I mean, yeah, you-you guys have been getting your asses kicked — some of that my fault — but, like, you're at war. You're gonna take hits. Look! I'm just going to be super-pissed if you all finally decide to give up the moment I switch sides!
Oscar: Switch sides, huh?

For the trope page itself, I'd suggest a rewrite like this, which ensures you don't have a 100% spoiler-tagged entry. I would also remove the example quote completely; as I mentioned above, the chosen quote demonstrates neither the trope nor the example. However, while the quote will work on the character page, it's too big a spoiler for the trope page, and I believe it is against spoiler policy to hide quotes.

  • Allegiance Affirmation: While imprisoned by Salem, Oscar decides to try and beat her at her own game by sowing division among her followers. The consequences of his actions results in characters having to declare who their allegiances are to. Once Tyrian confirms that Salem intends to destroy the world, Hazel decides to get Emerald and Oscar away from her; he dies securing the freedom of Oscar, Emerald, Jaune, Yang and Ren, placing Emerald in their hands. When Penny malfunctions, Emerald helps to subdue her, and then complains that she's going to be super-pissed if they all give up the fight just as she's switched sides. The heroes accept her affirmation, officialising her defection.

Edited by Wyldchyld on Nov 1st 2021 at 9:50:34 AM

If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
Paradoxic Tricky Troper (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Tricky Troper
#1146: Nov 1st 2021 at 3:37:17 PM

Alright, that makes sense - I'll change Emerald's example then.

cricri3007 Since: Jul, 2014
#1147: Nov 2nd 2021 at 11:22:44 AM

there wa an exemple in Retroactive Idiot Ball that was deleted. The exampel was:

  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban explains that Harry's parents were killed because the spell they used to hide their location needed a Secret-Keeper and that the man they entrusted to the role happened to be The Mole for Voldemort. Except that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows reveals that there is technically nothing preventing you from being your own Secret-Keeper, which is why the good guys' headquarters' location remained a secret for so long. Which really makes one wonders why the Potters didn't chose that option, since they knew they were hunted.

The reason given was that we're not given any details that everyone could do it, and so that there might be some particularities that made the Potters unable to be their own Secret-Keeper...

but by the same logic, we're not given a reason they couldn't be either, so it still remains a retroactive plot hole.

Edited by cricri3007 on Nov 2nd 2021 at 7:23:24 PM

bwburke94 I am mad scientist! It's so cool! from 1.048596% (Y2: Electric Boogaloo) Relationship Status: She does the things you do, but she is an IBM
I am mad scientist! It's so cool!
#1148: Nov 2nd 2021 at 11:39:21 AM

Given the nature of the Fidelius Charm itself, I suspect self-Secret Keeping has some drawbacks that we the audience don't know about.

In-universe, the idea to make Pettigrew the Secret-Keeper came from Sirius (under the rationale that Sirius himself would be too obvious a target); the Potters went along with it, but we don't know why they couldn't have Kept their own Secret.

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wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#1149: Nov 2nd 2021 at 12:03:13 PM

While it would make sense for there to be a drawback of some kind to being one's own secret keeper, the text doesn't actually mention anything of the sort, and "it's never said, but it would totally make sense if" is Fan Wank.

So yes, valid example, can be restored.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
bwburke94 I am mad scientist! It's so cool! from 1.048596% (Y2: Electric Boogaloo) Relationship Status: She does the things you do, but she is an IBM
I am mad scientist! It's so cool!
#1150: Nov 5th 2021 at 10:06:32 AM

I'm not familiar with Loki (2021), but judging from the spoiler tags in the example later down the page, the page quote on Alternative-Self Name-Change is apparently a spoiler.

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