# Cafe Society should have a sticky thread about Spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 26, 2002, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-should-have-a-sticky-thread-about-spoilers/144933 "2002-12-26T04:51:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-should-have-a-sticky-thread-about-spoilers/144933/1 "2002-12-26T04:51:51Z")
I think a sticky thread with a post like this would be appropriate for Cafe Society: **Title** : Please be considerate with spoilers **Body** : If you wish to discuss or ask a question about a story, and you are unable to do so without spoiling (revealing) a vital piece of information, please consider using a spoiler warning. Although there is no official board policy on this matter, it is considered courteous to do so. When starting a new thread, the easiest way to warn for spoilers is simply putting the word “spoilers” in the title of your thread, like so: **Question about Metroid (warning: Spoilers!)** We have also implemented a spoiler tag, which allows you to put spoilers within boxes that must be manually highlighted to be read. To use it, enclose the spoiler text between a tag, and a tag. Here is an example of how to do this: \*\*Here’s what I want to know about Metroid: Who knew Samus Aran was a girl?!\*\* This will appear like this: \*\*Here’s what I want to know about Metroid: Who knew Samus Aran was a girl?!\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Wearia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Wearia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wearia)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-should-have-a-sticky-thread-about-spoilers/144933/2 "2002-12-26T05:16:35Z")
SHES A SHE??? I’m halfway thorugh Metroid one and I innocently click this thead and BANG! Spoiled… How could you? . . . Good idea however. But some newbies wouldn’t understand what a Spoiler is. A better title would be something like “Please do not spoil movies, TV shows etc without warning” ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-should-have-a-sticky-thread-about-spoilers/144933/3 "2002-12-26T07:36:37Z")
Not a bad idea. Now if only we could get people to read the damn stickies. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-should-have-a-sticky-thread-about-spoilers/144933/4 "2002-12-26T08:36:49Z")
This doesn’t seem like an unreasonable idea. I don’t have the time to do it now, but I’ll consider it more when I get home from work this afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-should-have-a-sticky-thread-about-spoilers/144933/5 "2002-12-26T10:35:35Z")
I like **Wearia** ’s title better. And if you have a better idea for an example spoiler, please use it. 🙂 Maybe “story” would be a good shorthand for “movie, TV show, etc.” I also wanted to include a link to the discussion of how old a story has to be before spoiler warnings are not worth the effort (even though I personally think that age is not what should decide it). But, as you can imagine, a search on “spoiler” in Cafe Society was less than enlightening. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-should-have-a-sticky-thread-about-spoilers/144933/6 "2002-12-26T15:04:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\*This doesn’t seem like an unreasonable idea. I don’t have the time to do it now, but I’ll consider it more when I get home from work this afternoon. \*\* Please do. It’s getting messy over there. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cafe-society-should-have-a-sticky-thread-about-spoilers/144933/7 "2002-12-26T16:06:14Z")
Sounds like a reasonable idea to me, too. I’ll let **Eutychus** handle it this afternoon when he gets back from work, as I know how much he enjoys seeing his name at the head of the forum. {insert smiley here}