User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-80.74.111.178-20130917151542/@comment-188432-20130920163703
The "Top Pages module" — or the top-wiki-articles module, as its known in the code — is a new feature offered by Wikia. We have no control over it, other than to change its name. From the discussions I've had with Wikia Staff on the module, it appears to me to still be in beta on their end, and all we can do at this point is to offer feedback through Special:Contact. It's important to give feedback at this early stage, and I would say that your comment is a valuable one. For that reason, I am referring Wikia Staff to your comments on this page.
If it really bothers you, here's how you can turn it off.
- Click here
- Paste the following into the resulting page:
.top-wiki-articles {display:none} - Publish your changes
- Clear your cache, as explained here
- Repeat step 4 as necessary until the thing disappears; it may take up to 15 minutes to take effect
Note that this will only work when you are logged in. If you choose to look at the site when not logged, you'll still see the Top 7
However, the Top 7 module really is only a tiny symptom of the problem you're facing here. You should consider the things Eladkse and Shambala108 have been telling you. Our spoiler policy is tougher than probably any other in all of Wikia Entertainment. But once an episode airs in Britain, or a comic book is released in America, or a documentary comes out in New Zealand: that's it. It's no longer a spoiler.
It's important to understand that an awful lot of our editors — probably the majority — are chompin' at the bit to write about the newest stories. Holding them back is a somewhat Herculean effort that we can only do so long.
The "jerk move", as you put it, would be not to offer a single, consistent policy on when they can edit about new stories. There's gotta be a bright red line in the sand that everyone clearly understands for it to be fair. That means we can only make them reasonably wait for the top or bottom of the hour nearest the end of the global premiere broadcast of the episode.
As for whether information from one story should appear on other pages, I can only say, how could it not? This is a relational database. For instance:
- I touched up the article about Arizona today. There are multiple stories which relate to that location, some of which you may never have experienced. So if you choose to read that page, you might be "spoiled" for those stories.
- If the Doctor uses an umbrella in a new episode, then we're going to add that information to the article at umbrella.
- If there's a two part story, then information in the second part will likely be added to the page about the first part in order for the article on the first part to make complete sense. The article on The Empty Child now contains information from The Doctor Dances.
- Story articles often have a section called "continuity", in which different, recurring narrative elements are explained. There's no way to do that in such a way that doesn't spoil previous stories.
- If you're a fan of the director Euros Lyn, but you want to be surprised when his name comes up, you probably don't want to click on our article, because we're going to list every outing he's had.
See, the whole point of any article on this wiki is to cover its topic to the most complete degree possible, while staying true to the specifics of T:OFF REL.
As Eladkse originally said, we cannot possibly cater to your particular situation. People who watch Doctor Who out of order will certainly have plot-ending details given to them by even casual use of this site. For that reason, the Top Pages module is honestly the least of your worries.
Naturally enough, the site tends to have more information about the new series than the old. It might be a good idea for you to fully catch up on all televised episodes since 2005 before continuing to use the site, just so that you'll be a little better protected from major revelations about current Doctor Who.
