# Spoiler tags not working? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 20, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375 "2006-02-20T21:01:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/1 "2006-02-20T21:01:30Z")
I was reading the updates to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=359645) when I realized that what I’d taken to be one person’s typo in entering a spoiler tag was actually not a typo at all, but some sort of blanket revocation of the spoiler tag. Any idea what’s going on? ---
**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/2 "2006-02-20T21:09:24Z")
No answer here; just popping in to say I noticed the same thing and was coming to ATMB to post this particular OP myself - but you beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/3 "2006-02-20T21:09:47Z")
spoiler tags not working ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/4 "2006-02-20T21:59:49Z")
> [@](#): > > testing if this works \*\*or just the \*\* _spoiler_ is broken [or the whole thing](http://boards.straightdope.com) ```auto or if this can still work ``` I guess it isjust thisnot everything Appears to just be the spoiler tag. Great catch here I was thinking I made a mistake in a post I posted a while ago with spoiler tags. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/5 "2006-02-20T22:06:55Z")
> [@Abbie Normal](#): > > Appears to just be the spoiler tag. Great catch here I was thinking I made a mistake in a post I posted a while ago with spoiler tags. Heh. It was mildly surreal, actually. I’d read the linked thread earlier this morning and remembered black-box spoilers in it, but when I checked the updates this afternoon, everything was naked. It was a bit of a wrench when you’re used to the mostly immutable posts on this board. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/6 "2006-02-20T22:54:32Z")
I’m seeing it too. spoiler The notice at the bottom of the page now reads: " Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.0.7 Copyright ©2000 - 2006, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd." Wasn’t the spoiler thingie an add-on, something not part of vB, and it has to be re-added for each version? Maybe jdavis, our hard-working guru, installed a new version and has yet to bring in the spoiler code. Or maybe the add-on doesn’t work with the new version. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/7 "2006-02-20T23:56:37Z")
> [@Abbie Normal](#): > > Great catch here I was thinking I made a mistake in a post I posted a while ago with spoiler tags. Heck, I was all ready to report my post saying I’d screwed up the spoiler tags when I noticed there weren’t _any_. I didn’t see any notice for an upgrade though, and all my tabs open with threads from yesterday also indicate vB version 3.0.7, so I think it’s still a mystery. 😕 Any mods know already? ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/8 "2006-02-21T00:21:30Z")
Oh, I’ve also made a useful chart so you’ll all be able to tell when they’re working again: Spoiler tags are NOT working! Spoiler tags ARE working! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/9 "2006-02-21T00:29:37Z")
> [@Nanoda](#): > > Oh, I’ve also made a useful chart so you’ll all be able to tell when they’re working again: > > Spoiler tags are NOT working! Spoiler tags ARE working! > > 😃 Now that’s clever! Thinking outside the box. Kudos! ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/10 "2006-02-21T03:05:15Z")
This still doesn’t work E=mc[sup]2[/sup] this [sub]isn’t[/sub] working [del]this isn’t working[/del] [symbol]this isn’t working[/symbol] It seems all the new stuff is broken. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/11 "2006-02-21T03:48:30Z")
I came to complain also. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/12 "2006-02-21T04:07:23Z")
Lemme check with Jerry first thing in the morning. It’s all news to us as well. TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/13 "2006-02-21T12:48:23Z")
**Ellis Dee** has come up with an ingenious solution…post in White. [How to](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7125344&postcount=5) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/14 "2006-02-21T13:14:47Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > **Ellis Dee** has come up with an ingenious solution…post in White. > > [How to](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7125344&postcount=5) Less than perfect, tho. White on light gray BG isn’t totally invisible, at least on my display. But the only color tag that comes close to light gray is “silver”: this is silver which doesn’t work too well, either. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/15 "2006-02-21T13:34:40Z")
I think we’re all better off just being patient for a few hours more. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/16 "2006-02-21T13:38:06Z")
Try this (test) (test) 2HopefullyInvisibleCharacters CMC ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/17 "2006-02-21T14:41:52Z")
Sweet, it works! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/18 "2006-02-21T15:36:38Z")
So this would work: > [@Spoiler!](#): > > The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/19 "2006-02-21T16:00:30Z")
I am wearing no pants. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375/20 "2006-02-21T16:28:48Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I am wearing no pants. How YOU doin’? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375.md?page=2)