# Testing spoiler tags

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-spoiler-tags/359697
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**Created:** [June 7, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-spoiler-tags/359697 "2006-06-07T02:52:04Z")
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### Author: ![Stinkum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Stinkum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stinkum)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-spoiler-tags/359697/1 "2006-06-07T02:52:04Z")

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I should have practiced before I tried this for the first time in a live forum in Cafe Society. So ok if I test my coding skills here?

Thought so:

Thar be whales, captain!

or

Thar be whales, captain!

or

Thar be whales, captain!

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### Author: ![Stinkum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Stinkum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stinkum)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2006, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-spoiler-tags/359697/2 "2006-06-07T02:53:50Z")

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It worked here but not in Cafe Society. I don’t think I made a typo there, but I could be wrong.

Anyway, carry on. Nothing to see here.

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### Author: ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-spoiler-tags/359697/3 "2006-06-07T16:59:47Z")

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Could you provide a link to where it didn’t work in CS? We might be able to figure out what went wrong.