Forum:Auto-hide plot descriptions
If this thread's title doesn't specify it's spoilery, don't bring any up.
Proposal
A simple one for you today. The Fandom wiki for Bluey uses a similar format for its episode pages with synopsis - then plot - then characters - then behind the scenes etc. But they do something I had not seen before (I try not to browse Fandom but this was an emergency). See here https://blueypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Sleepytime they use this code to automatically hide the detailed plot summary
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%" data-expandtext="Spoilers ahead">
the result looks like this. Click to view the rest of my post:
I suggest that we turn this into a template and use for all our story pages with detailed plot summaries since it allow fans to research a story they haven't watched without being fully spoiled. It would also make pages like Newtons Sleep (novel) much more navigable.
WarDocFan12 ☎ 13:46, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
Discussion
Obviously as the creator of this proposal I vote in favor. WarDocFan12 ☎ 13:46, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Count me as neutral for now but willing to be convinced. (In practical terms this seems easily feasible by bot if we went forward with it, so there's that.)
- It seems slightly problematic to me that "Spoilers ahead" would be using a very different meaning of "spoilers" than we typically use on the Wiki; could we find a better term? Also, would this only be for the full plot synopsis, or also for the shorter "Summary" which might, also, reveal "the ending" in broader terms?
- Also, as another meaningless quibble, I think the text should be centred, not skewed to the right. --Scrooge MacDuck ☎ 14:19, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Bluey wiki only uses it for the full plot summary not the synopsis and I think that is about right. A good synopsis should tease but not spoil the ending. See Heaven Sent (TV story) for a good synopsis for instance. I agree it might be better to find alternative to the word spoiler but others would do a better job of this than me. WarDocFan12 ☎ 14:32, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- No, we decided by policy that for long-form stories we would have summaries that do include the ending and all major plot beats, just not the scene-by-scene blow-by-blow. --Scrooge MacDuck ☎ 14:45, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
- Bluey wiki only uses it for the full plot summary not the synopsis and I think that is about right. A good synopsis should tease but not spoil the ending. See Heaven Sent (TV story) for a good synopsis for instance. I agree it might be better to find alternative to the word spoiler but others would do a better job of this than me. WarDocFan12 ☎ 14:32, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
