# Help Me Make A Spoiler Box Please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-a-spoiler-box-please/201806>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 15, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-a-spoiler-box-please/201806 "2003-09-15T20:57:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-a-spoiler-box-please/201806/1 "2003-09-15T20:57:11Z")

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There are times when it is necessary to make a spoiler box in the Cafe Society Forum. I can’t figure out how to do it.

I thought I was supposed to write spoiler in brackets before my text and after…like this:

[spoiler] text [spoiler]

but that doesn’t work. What am I doing wrong?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-a-spoiler-box-please/201806/2 "2003-09-15T21:00:05Z")

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The second one needs to be [/spoiler]. Without that closing backslash, it won’t work.

Like so!

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**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-a-spoiler-box-please/201806/3 "2003-09-15T21:04:48Z")

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Cecil Adams is a hottie

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**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-a-spoiler-box-please/201806/4 "2003-09-15T21:06:37Z")

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YEAH I DID IT!!! THANK YOU. Now I just need to remember the secret codes.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-a-spoiler-box-please/201806/5 "2003-09-15T21:26:59Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Isabelle \*  
> \*\*YEAH I DID IT!!! THANK YOU. Now I just need to remember the secret codes. \*\*

Just remember that you can always quote a post to see what the author did.

[\*\*\*\*spoiler]And that way, you can figure out what I did wrong here…[/\*\*\*\*spoiler]

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**Author:** ![pilot141](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e0b2c6/32.png) [@pilot141](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pilot141)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-a-spoiler-box-please/201806/6 "2003-09-16T06:06:23Z")

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No space after the first bracket

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-a-spoiler-box-please/201806/7 "2003-09-16T06:13:11Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Anamorphic \*  
> The second one needs to be [/spoiler]. Without that closing backslash, it won’t work.

MAJOR F\*$@ING PET-PEEVE FOLLOWS

/ = slash  
\ = backslash

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-a-spoiler-box-please/201806/8 "2003-09-16T06:14:21Z")

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/ = slash  
\ = whack

Now you know the secrets of the computer geeks.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-a-spoiler-box-please/201806/9 "2003-09-16T12:11:22Z")

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Don’t confuse them, **Lemur866**. God help us all when they try to figure out what a “bang” is.