Spoiler rule

Meister · 12-11-2004, 04:55 AM

From now on when you post a spoiler, black it out. That goes for any forum and any kind of spoilers. It's happened one or two times too many for my tastes now.

The proper way to black things out, remember, is [*COLOR=111111*]yourtexthere[*/COLOR*], removing the asterisks. That's six '1's.
Don't use COLOR=Black as it will still show up on some peoples' monitors. Also don't quote text containing a spoiler as the black text shows up much more easily on the grey background used for quotes. If you quote such text, remove the spoiler before submitting.

EDIT: We have proper spoiler tags now. [*spoiler*]text text text[*/spoiler*], again without the asterisks.

Okay. It's official now. No excuses anymore.

Editing to clarify: if you post a spoiler in a thread that, from the title, leaves no doubt that it contains spoilers for a specific movie/book/whatever, you don't need to black it out. That is to say, in a thread named for example "Who thinks that the end of the Dreamcatcher movie sucked?" you can clearly expect the end of Dreamcatcher being disclosed. In threads named "Movie endings these days suck" or "The Dreamcatcher movie", however, we'd better not catch you using no black out tag.

When in doubt, make it black.

Meister · 05-01-2005, 02:38 PM

As Link1209 points out, the background colour of the quote boxes is #222222. It's still strange to quote text with empty patches in it, but if you quote something containing a spoiler and absolutely have to leave it in, do so as follows:

{QUOTE=User}Text text text {COLOR=222222}spoiler spoiler{/COLOR} text text text text.{/QUOTE}

Only replace the {} with []. And that's six 2's.

Meister · 08-31-2006, 12:05 AM

I'll just review the spoiler codes here since a lot of people still don't have the hang of it. Replace {} with [].

{COLOR=Black} is not to be used for spoilers as it still shows up for some.

{spoiler} - for normal, in-post spoiler text.
{COLOR=111111] - as above, alternatively
{COLOR=222222} - for spoiler text in quotations. Quote boxes are much brighter than the normal background. If you quote a spoiler, you have to edit the tags accordingly.

12-11-2004, 04:55 AM	#1
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	Spoiler rule From now on when you post a spoiler, black it out. That goes for any forum and any kind of spoilers. It's happened one or two times too many for my tastes now. The proper way to black things out, remember, is [COLOR=111111]yourtexthere[/COLOR], removing the asterisks. That's six '1's. Don't use COLOR=Black as it will still show up on some peoples' monitors. Also don't quote text containing a spoiler as the black text shows up much more easily on the grey background used for quotes. If you quote such text, remove the spoiler before submitting. EDIT: We have proper spoiler tags now. [spoiler]text text text[/spoiler], again without the asterisks. Okay. It's official now. No excuses anymore. Editing to clarify: if you post a spoiler in a thread that, from the title, leaves no doubt that it contains spoilers for a specific movie/book/whatever, you don't need to black it out. That is to say, in a thread named for example "Who thinks that the end of the Dreamcatcher movie sucked?" you can clearly expect the end of Dreamcatcher being disclosed. In threads named "Movie endings these days suck" or "The Dreamcatcher movie", however, we'd better not catch you using no black out tag. When in doubt, make it black.

05-01-2005, 02:38 PM	#2
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	As Link1209 points out, the background colour of the quote boxes is #222222. It's still strange to quote text with empty patches in it, but if you quote something containing a spoiler and absolutely have to leave it in, do so as follows: {QUOTE=User}Text text text {COLOR=222222}spoiler spoiler{/COLOR} text text text text.{/QUOTE} Only replace the {} with []. And that's six 2's.

08-31-2006, 12:05 AM	#3
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	I'll just review the spoiler codes here since a lot of people still don't have the hang of it. Replace {} with []. {COLOR=Black} is not to be used for spoilers as it still shows up for some. {spoiler} - for normal, in-post spoiler text. {COLOR=111111] - as above, alternatively {COLOR=222222} - for spoiler text in quotations. Quote boxes are much brighter than the normal background. If you quote a spoiler, you have to edit the tags accordingly.