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IlVit Since: Oct, 2012
2013-05-15 14:59:09

NEVER spoiler tag a description or a potential trigger word. Ever. In that case, it looks like the tropes relating to rape are spoilered because of plot reasons, though. If there is something that spoils the plot of a work in a description, delete the spoiler. A troper actually got suspended for this a few months ago when they spoiler tagged anti-transgender slurs on Transsexual's description.

EDIT: I see you went and unspoilered the trigger words. If they respoiler it again, talk to a mod here, as they shouldn't be spoilering trigger words.

Edited by IlVit
celticwhisper Since: Sep, 2009
2013-05-15 15:05:40

Righto, got it. What about in the trope list below the description? The Kimya Dawson page is a good example - the "cut yourself, burn yourself, kill yourself" text under Album Title Drop was spoilered even though it wasn't actually a spoiler (and, being a song, there was arguably no plot to spoil in the first place). I unspoilered it - should I continue to do so? I figured that the only time something should ever be spoilered (irrespective of how disturbing it may be) is if it directly ruins a plot point. Is that about correct?

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IlVit Since: Oct, 2012
2013-05-15 15:07:08

Yup. Unless it's some sort of joke, which'll usually be found on the forums or a Just For Fun page. You shouldn't spoiler FanFic Recs descriptions either, only put trigger warnings in the descriptions.

Edited by IlVit
IlVit Since: Oct, 2012
2013-05-15 15:30:31

Aaaand they went back and respoilered the page. PM'd.

EDIT: I also went to the Editing Locked Pages thread to ask if some text preventing this sort of thing could be added to Handling Spoilers.

Edited by IlVit
celticwhisper Since: Sep, 2009
2013-05-15 17:22:00

Also noticing the The Politician's Wife has an NSFW warning. We keep those around, right?

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IlVit Since: Oct, 2012
celticwhisper Since: Sep, 2009
2013-05-16 06:39:26

Well alrighty then, that makes things easy.

Thanks, II Vit.

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