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Excessive-Menace (Fifth Year at Tropey's)
2023-08-04 16:13:57

To spoiler something, you need to place the text in the spoiler tags. For example, if you type [[spoiler:Oopsie! You saw a spoiler!]], you'll get Oopsie! You saw a spoiler!.

Speaking of spoilers, Handling Spoilers says that the name of a character in a folder or header should not be hidden as a spoiler.

SING TO ME, LEND ME THE SONG OF BLASPHEMY
viatorem Since: Aug, 2023
2023-08-04 16:26:53

Ah, ok...so I can spoiler specific info in a character tab, but not their name?

But what if the folder is already under a header that says " spoiler character" ? Shouldn't it be put in spoilers then?

Edited by viatorem
Excessive-Menace (Fifth Year at Tropey's)
2023-08-04 16:30:22

More specifically, the name of a character shouldn't be hidden in the folder title or in the header of the folder (basically, there shouldn't be spoiler tags above the trope example section of a character folder).

If the folder is titled "Spoiler Character" or has an "Unmarked Spoilers" tag on it, then that implies that there should be no spoiler tags in the folder at all.

SING TO ME, LEND ME THE SONG OF BLASPHEMY
viatorem Since: Aug, 2023
2023-08-04 16:33:34

Ok, got it! Thanks for the help!:)

Edited by viatorem
Vilui Since: May, 2009
2023-08-04 17:30:59

Also, folders should not be titled "Spoiler Character", but something descriptive like "The Killer (spoilers)".

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