Thread:Great Mara/@comment-294304-20170820173011

I've been trying to enforce a informal "no spoilers immediately in articles" policy, but I haven't been able to really get it concrete enough to put into the Manual of Style or anything like that and I thought I'd ask for your input.

It's a case by case basis I suppose, but the basic gist I've been trying to work with is that the reader shouldn't see unmarked spoilers as soon as they load up any given page unless it's absolutely unavoidable. No "this seemingly innocent character is really the main villain", no secret identities (unless it's like Louis Cypher where it's so obvious it's hardly a reveal), no major plot turns, etc. For example, to use a recent recurring trouble page with this, the introduction to Goro Akechi's page shouldn't mention anything about his circumstances for joining the PTs or the reveals about him (mentioning that he joins the PTs at all should be fine, since it was info we learned pre-release.) No quotes on his page outside of the relevant sections (if that) should even allude to these things, especially not his up top quote.

Likewise, characters like Akechi, Adachi, or Ikutsuki should be labeled in their Appearances section as Supporting Character (Playable Character in Akechi's case) and not Antagonist, Boss, or the like, maybe?

For clarity, I am def not saying "no spoilers ever", obviously these things will be in their proper places to be seen when its relevant; but I feel it's a courtesy to the readers to not slam them with it right away.

Sorry for suddenly rambling at ya, but if you got any thoughts or suggestions, please by all means. ^^;; 