Forum Rules on Spoilers

[masamuneehs]

implementing spoiler tags does seem to have some support, and if regulated properly would only stimulate manga and open discussions.

also, spoiler tags could be a great asset in the General Anime section, like comp pointed out. People could discuss different subs of the same show, especially if people were smart enough to pick up on the fact that some of the speed subbers might not be preferred and watched by the majority of those following the anime. Show like Eureka7 and Uta show that lulls in releases by highly favored groups creates a problem that I only see spoiler tags as holding the solution to.

And I've also often wondered about how much the lack of spoiler tags holds back the Fanart section... All those beautiful images going unused...

And so far it seems that the majority of the openly voiced people here favor this idea, especially if its implemented correctly on the anime only/open/manga levels. So perhaps we can get more specific on the rules IF we do use spoiler tags?

and sorry samson, i really don't care for that idea. fuel for animosity

[Kraco]

I don't like spoiler tags at all, but I can certainly see the point Complich was making. Wanton use of spoiler tags would make reading threads really annoying; I have witnessed this often enough over at some subbers' forums, where everything that concerns the plot and certain details of the episodes have to be in spoiler tags.

So, if there weren't really strict rules, it would mean new people especially might place all episode discussion in spoiler tags, because if you haven't grasped the traditions of this forum, that could seem logical. And then people only trying to avoid speed sub discussion would also skip those posts even if they didn't contain any speed sub spoilers but just normal current ep details.

Moderating this kind of thing would be really hard. But of course, in the end, such use of spoiler tags wouldn't actually hurt the threads, only cause people to skip posts automatically.

[Munsu]

I agree with Kraco... plus I really don't see how you guys can expect to implement more specific rules for the spoiler tags usage, when members can't even follow the basic simple rules like "don't double post" and "don't ask when xx episode will be released".

And as I said before, who here will have the authority to decide which subs are OK to discuss and which aren't?

And also as I said before, I really don't want this forum to become another animesuki. There's a reason why I'm active here, and the lack spoilers and spoiler tags are the main reason.

The main problem with the spoiler tags is that you don't know what is being spoiled. You often think that what is included in the spoiler tag is a discussion of the current episode (as many posters seem to like to use it for this) then you click on the box and what do you find? A fucking spoiler from 3 episodes ahead.

Mods don't watch all the animes that are released, and we don't have enough mods around to go about checking all the spoiler tags too see if they are following the rules, especially if the mods themselves are risking getting spoiled.

Heck, to give you a perspective on how episodes discussions used to be handled:
In the early days we could only discuss a fansub release 24 hours after the release. If AonE was doing a series, you could only discuss up to where AonE had released. That would mean that you would've only been able to discuss Fate/stay night up till episode 22.

[Yukimura]

I would also say no to spoiler tags, what good would they be? Bud's points basically explain it all. The tags either lull you into a false sense of security, destroy the discussion, or do both at the same time.

On to my point, a question just popped into my head. How will people in the Naruto anime section know when the fillers are over? Are manga readers actually allowed to tell them ''Hey! This arc was in the manga the fillers are over!!!!"

[Assassin]

When the fillers are over, believe me, you'll know. For one thing, the episodes wont suck monkey testicles. The plot will also make sense and wont be just random 'adventures'. Plus, im sure someone will post something along the lines of "Wohoo fillers are finally done" or "yes, finally back to the original story line".

[samsonlonghair]

I didn't think my idea would be too popular.

I just thought of something that I should have thought of earlier. I was really over thinking it earlier. There's a much simpler solution that won't piss off a bunch of people: make spoiler tags available by typing the word "spoiler" in brackets, but don't make a button for the spoiler tag.

To phrase it better, there would be no button for the spoiler tags, but I could just type "[spoiler]Naruto gets bitten by a vampire in the next episode[/spoiler]" to conceal that text.

If there's no button the tags won't be overused, and new people won't even know the ability is there until they try to type it themselves.

[Yukimura]

Flaw in your plan...word of mouth. Eventually people will find out and then you'd be right back in the same situation that the button would have caused.