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::He meant move all the content across too, not just delete it. But that would be worse than a direct link to Karen for spoilers. His second suggestion of listing the missions is closer to my idea of linking to the mission in which her identity is revealed, but blatently stating that there is a secret/spoiler at that link. Gives people the choice, not forcing them to find out, and not stopping them finding out. If we do either of those, its not living up to our aims. [[w:c:gta:User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] <sup>[[:w:c:gta:User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]</sup> 21:51, 20 July 2008 (UTC) | ::He meant move all the content across too, not just delete it. But that would be worse than a direct link to Karen for spoilers. His second suggestion of listing the missions is closer to my idea of linking to the mission in which her identity is revealed, but blatently stating that there is a secret/spoiler at that link. Gives people the choice, not forcing them to find out, and not stopping them finding out. If we do either of those, its not living up to our aims. [[w:c:gta:User:Gboyers|Gboyers]] <sup>[[:w:c:gta:User_talk:Gboyers|talk]]</sup> 21:51, 20 July 2008 (UTC) | ||
::::Okay, here goes: | |||
::::My feelings on this subject are mixed; we ''do'' have a spoiler warning on the front page, specifically for this reason; since we strive to document all details of the games, there will inevitably be spoilers on our pages. However, we do not want to alienate readers who come to our site mid-game for tips. We would lose many readers and editors if we expected them all to play the games through completely before visiting our site. | |||
::::Therefore, I definitely think we should have two separate articles, because (as was stated earlier) many readers may simply want to find out Michelle's dating preferences, and should not be redirected to a page titled "Karen", because that does not give the reader an option; it forces them to learn the spoiler. | |||
::::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) | |||