Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-26120048-20160809153156

Hey, I wanted to hear the admin opinions about this topic:

Is the spoiler template/category only to be used until the spoiler period (6 months for movies, etc... we talked about that already ) is over or like said in the category page:

"due to the fact many people find spoilers to detract from their enjoyment of a certain media it is important to give fair warning so that they do not stumble upon such things without full knowledge: thus all users who make an article containing important spoilers should add this tag to the page as a matter of principle."?

Personally, I find this spoiler template extremely annoying and distracting and normally, you'd expect to get spoiled if you visit a wiki about villains. And since the articles are about the villains' biography and character, there are no "non-spoilery" villains anyhow. Since there is the rule about no upcoming media, the template will not be used for that kind of info. Also, if concern is about a villain who turns evil/shows his motives later in whatever medium he's in, the page name alone spoils this.

So, long story short, can the template be removed from pages whose spoiler period has expired?

(Also, the category is about "hidden" and "true" villains. As we decided not to use those anymore, wouldn't this fall away anyhow?)

  