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::::Revealing that Michelle has a "secret" ''is'' a spoiler. Readers should not be forced to learn that she has a secret. Similarly, adding a note that "Niko later meets Karen" on Michelle's page makes it obvious that the spoiler is related to Michelle. However, since we strive to document all details of the game, someone reading Michelle's page ''should'' have the option to learn everything there is to know about her. | ::::Revealing that Michelle has a "secret" ''is'' a spoiler. Readers should not be forced to learn that she has a secret. Similarly, adding a note that "Niko later meets Karen" on Michelle's page makes it obvious that the spoiler is related to Michelle. However, since we strive to document all details of the game, someone reading Michelle's page ''should'' have the option to learn everything there is to know about her. | ||
::::Consequently, it seems to me the best option would be to include a list of "Related Missions", and place a note next to [[The Snow Storm]] stating that the page contains spoilers. This would prevent any readers from being forced to learn the spoiler (would in fact prevent the reader from being forced to learn that Michelle has spoilers related to her), while still giving readers the option to learn the spoilers, since any reader reading a mission page should be prepared to learn spoilers related to that mission. --[[:w:c:gta:User:GuildKnight|GuildKnight]]<sup>[[:w:c:gta:User_talk:GuildKnight|Talk2me]]</sup> 22:13, 20 July 2008 (UTC) | ::::Consequently, it seems to me the best option would be to include a list of "Related Missions", and place a note next to [[The Snow Storm]] stating that the page contains spoilers. This would prevent any readers from being forced to learn the spoiler (would in fact prevent the reader from being forced to learn that Michelle has spoilers related to her), while still giving readers the option to learn the spoilers, since any reader reading a mission page should be prepared to learn spoilers related to that mission. --[[:w:c:gta:User:GuildKnight|GuildKnight]]<sup>[[:w:c:gta:User_talk:GuildKnight|Talk2me]]</sup> 22:13, 20 July 2008 (UTC) | ||
That makes sense, although I don't see any way around the spoiler issue...any way we slice it, we ''have'' to alert readers to the fact that there is a spoiler related to [[Michelle Stone]]. Adding related missions, with one having a spoiler tag attached, ''is'' a spoiler in and of itself, just as saying she has a "secret", or just as putting in a line about her being related to [[Karen]]. It seems to me that either we don't include any information about the link between Michelle and Karen (which I now realize is defeating our purpose, as [[User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] mentioned), or we necessarily add some content that contains spoiler information. It seems to me the best option might be one line, in the interest of not making it ''too'' obvious, but also not making it so readers ''can't'' find the info. Having said that, as much as I cringe at the thought, I think the best option is to just do what Gboyers did with the Michelle article, i.e. a simple line stating that Michelle is related to Karen (with the requisite spolier warning). Thoughts? '''[[User:Eganio|Eganio]]<sup>''[[User talk:Eganio|Talk]]''</sup>''' 22:30, 20 July 2008 (UTC) | |||