# new tag has been added - spoiler **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 6, 2002, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491 "2002-05-06T04:22:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/1 "2002-05-06T04:22:40Z")
We have added a spoiler tag. From [FAQ - guidelines for posting](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=2069317#post2069317): > [@](#): > > We have added a spoiler tag to enable members to post “spoilers” to movies, TV shows, puzzles, etc. Please note that this makes the moderator’s job just a little harder, because we have to highlight the text to read the contents of the post, so do not overuse the tag; include it only where the post warrants. If its employ becomes too frequent for insufficient reason we will remove it. From [FAQ - technical issues](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1956119#post1956119): > [@](#): > > Q: How do I post a “spoiler”? > A: Use the custom vBcode tag _spoiler_, added by the SDMB staff. > > - and it really _was_ a kitten, after all. would appear as > > - and it really _was_ a kitten, after all. > > (Highlight the “invisible” text in the black box to read the spoiler.) > Note for Opera users - It seems that the spoiler tag does not work with the Opera browser. Opera users can either copy and paste the text to another window, or they can try to use the [Ctrl+G] (or “Change to UserMode”) feature to see the text of “spoilers”. The effect of this command is to turn page styles and colours off. Q: Could you make the tag look fancier in some way (different fonts, colours, different size fonts, adding text that says “highlight below to read the spoiler”) ? A: No. There is a limit to the size of a tag that can be created with vBulletin. We would have to do some changes of the server to override that limit, and the SDMB policy is to not change anything that can’t be customized through the software. ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/2 "2002-05-06T12:22:40Z")
What fun! Let me try: I could never figure out what “Rosebud” meant. Rosebud was his sled. Well? Feel spoiled? ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/3 "2002-05-06T12:28:11Z")
Cool. Thanks guys. Now about Smashie … ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/4 "2002-05-06T17:04:23Z")
We are NOT gonna have animated smilies. No way. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/5 "2002-05-06T17:06:30Z")
Attention: Agent 007. Burn this message before reading ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/6 "2002-05-06T17:14:36Z")
You’re the kind of sort that reads the last page of a novel before you start it, _aren’t you?_ ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/7 "2002-05-06T17:37:48Z")
My Caucasian friend Mark can sing in Mandarin, aided by the Pinyin on top of the characters, of course! ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/8 "2002-05-06T17:47:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \* > \*\*We are NOT gonna have animated smilies. No way. \*\* But Cecil said we could! In fact, in his most recent column, he said (paraphrased and reading between the lines): “I certainly miss that little scamp, Smashie. I do hope he is added to current board him, as soon as is possible.” I myself am not a big fan of Smashie, but I certainly would want to do what Cecil says we should do, even if he wasn’t necessarily aware of it at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/9 "2002-05-06T18:54:05Z")
Then Cecil can find himself another flunky. Another whole set of flunkies, in fact, if I know my fellow mods. And since Cecil’s a technophobe, he’s gonna have to code in Smashie himself. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/10 "2002-05-06T19:22:48Z")
Fun. I hate to play the crying game, but Dil is a girl And tell Scout and Gem for me that Boo Radley’s really a nice guy once you get to know him ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/11 "2002-05-06T21:06:44Z")
test ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/12 "2002-05-06T21:16:28Z")
[sub]test[/sub][test](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?)test] ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/13 "2002-05-06T22:08:16Z")
Very nice, **Asylum**. I was just gonna do some of that myself. Good work. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/14 "2002-05-06T22:27:15Z")
[hijack] About Smashie…I don’t have a particlur likeing or disliking for the guy, but would a NON-animated Smashie be possible, so that people stop whining? It’s not the same, but I dont _think_ it would be that big a change to implement…not that I know much about this stuff, though… ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/15 "2002-05-06T22:56:38Z")
yes, non-animated Smashie would be the bomb! ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/16 "2002-05-07T00:10:13Z")
Give me motion or give me death! (no, scratch that death part) Give me motion or give me an uncomfortable itch that goes away after a few seconds. (much better) ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/17 "2002-05-07T00:42:10Z")
Made you look ---
**Author:** ![Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nenya_Elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/18 "2002-05-07T00:50:38Z")
Hey! Please can we get a non-animated Smashie ™?? He’d be almost as cool as the orthodox Jewish guy, and he’d remind us all of our comraderie in exile on the temp boards during the Great Crash of 2002. I think it’s the perfect solution. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/19 "2002-05-07T05:51:50Z")
I almost didn’t read this thread because it said Spoiler in the title… silly me. Thanks for the feature upgrade. I hope it isn’t abused. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491/20 "2002-05-07T12:03:35Z")
If smashie doesn’t get added then the terrorists will have won…or something like that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tag-has-been-added-spoiler/107491.md?page=2)