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Worth noting that the Synopsis namespace no longer exists: all story summaries should go in the Recap namespace.
To answer your question: yes it is correct that we permit spoilers on Recap articles. Nobody should read a Recap for something that they don't mind seeing spoilers about. This is one reason why we keep them separate from the main articles.
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"Nobody should read a Recap for something that they don't mind seeing spoilers about."
I think you meant "...that they don't want to see spoilers about"?
There's actually a lot of pages in the Synopsis/ namespace.
Is this worth a projects thread (or using one that already exists)?
That would likely make sense.
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I suspect the merge didn't happen because it makes no sense. A synopsis of a work vs. a work page for an episode and an index for such pages are distinctly different.
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The thread which merged the two namespaces.
Not sure if it was discussed in that old thread, but a synopsis of the whole work could go under the head page for the Recap/ subpages.
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Yes, this was a consensus decision. There is not enough difference between Synopsis and Recap to keep them in separate namespaces. Regardless, the OP's question is answered: we permit spoilers in Recaps because the person reading should expect them.
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Hello,
I have a question about the use of "synopsis" pages of this site. As far as I know, synopses as written in other sites usually avoid spoiler content and in general don't delve too deep into the story, only scratching the surface. But synopses in this site for some reason always have spoilers. Is that a right thing to do or not?
Thanks in advance