What is better way to censor spoilers? (Request)

**KarissaMann05** · 02-10-2012, 04:38 PM

I tried brighter fonts to 'censor' spoils. It seems it works better, but it's probably not effective for AD's dark theme background.

I tried this:

Code:

Testing.

WARNING AHEAD:


















































Testing, testing, testing. Does this help with spoilers?

It looks OK-OK but it is probably better than nothing at all. What is your suggestion for something?

moved to Forum Feedback & Suggestions
Moderator naisho

**Banjo** · 02-10-2012, 04:51 PM

AD should add a spoiler tag to the forum. A lot of forums use it these days. It would show a button "Show spoiler" and you click it, it'll expand.

***naisho*** · 02-10-2012, 04:56 PM

Yeah, it's better to request or ask users to not post it. Lots of other sites outside of AD have it, but generally things here are kept kosher to avoid database corruption and errors (some of you remember that).

You should post it in forum/feedback section as [REQUEST]: whatever here, Alex and others may look into it if they feel it is necessary.

**KarissaMann05** · 02-10-2012, 04:56 PM

Absolutely! I know how to use it, too.

**KarissaMann05** · 02-10-2012, 04:57 PM

All right. Can you move this thread to forum/feedback section, please?

I hope Alex or someone can help with it.

***naisho*** · 02-10-2012, 05:00 PM

I have moved it for you.
You may post your reasons why, show examples or let people to input in so the person in charge will take it to consideration.

**KarissaMann05** · 02-10-2012, 05:03 PM

I think it is only best solution is you create two threads for spoiler free and spoilers. That only helps a lot. =/

I'll go ahead and create a thread for spoiler free soon.

***naisho*** · 02-10-2012, 05:04 PM

Is it the Switched at Birth topic? Or is generally any particular topic in mind that is the issue?

**Banjo** · 02-10-2012, 05:05 PM

Here's an example.

Quote:

Hey, I saw a movie last night. It was called, "Titanic". The ship sank at the end of the movie!

That is what you call a spoiler. Not everyone want to know what happens in a movie before they get a chance to watch it.

**Banjo** · 02-10-2012, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by naisho

Is it the Switched at Birth topic? Or is generally any particular topic in mind that is the issue?

Probably that, TV show threads are often filled with spoilers, and people may have not watched them yet. So they don't want to read the spoilers.

**KarissaMann05** · 02-10-2012, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by naisho

I have moved it for you.
You may post your reasons why, show examples or let people to input in so the person in charge will take it to consideration.

Reason 1: To allow users to skip censored spoilers without reading it by accident. They can come back and read spoils after watching or reading.

Reason 2: It is very effective for all AD'ers, of course!

Reason 3: It is easy to use a code like [/B], [/I], and so on.

Reason 4: It is not just apply to TV shows only but to apply all of entertainments.

Reason 5: Less worrying about feeling which someone think should read a thread or not because someone may not sure if there are spoilers in a thread or not. Some threads didn't warn AD'ers...

I can't think of more reasons. I hope they're good enough unless AD'er can add more!

***naisho*** · 02-10-2012, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Banjo

Here's an example.

That is what you call a spoiler. Not everyone want to know what happens in a movie before they get a chance to watch it.

I mean, show some examples of how spoiler tags work.
Not what a spoiler is, I hope most people are aware of that.

**KarissaMann05** · 02-10-2012, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by naisho

Is it the Switched at Birth topic? Or is generally any particular topic in mind that is the issue?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Banjo

Here's an example.

That is what you call a spoiler. Not everyone want to know what happens in a movie before they get a chance to watch it.

Yeah. Exactly. That is why I spoke up about something that.

**KarissaMann05** · 02-10-2012, 05:11 PM

How use to it? Here's how it works.

<spoiler="reason here"> Text here </spoiler>. Replace with "[" and "]" so it will show up. I know AD don't have a code for it yet.

***naisho*** · 02-10-2012, 05:16 PM

Got some links to said forums or threads where they are using spoiler tags? There are probably different ones.

Will give an idea to know what you are interested in and newbies who don't know what it is will realize how it works.

**KarissaMann05** · 02-10-2012, 05:18 PM

Sure, will do! Gimme some time to find 'em.

**Banjo** · 02-10-2012, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by naisho

Got some links to said forums or threads where they are using spoiler tags? There are probably different ones.

Will give an idea to know what you are interested in and newbies who don't know what it is will realize how it works.

BB Code List - GateWorld Forum

Scroll down to "Spoilers", you'll see it. Click on it.

**KarissaMann05** · 02-10-2012, 05:24 PM

Here's a few great example:

BB Code - Spoiler Tag

ModphpBB3 Community Forum • View topic - Spoiler BBCode

Another ones:

Harry Potter Forum have one as it seems.
ABOUT SPOILERS - Harry Potter Forum

Animesuki forum have it, too.
AnimeSuki Forum

That's good enough, Naisho?

**KarissaMann05** · 02-10-2012, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarissaMann05

Reason 1: To allow users to skip censored spoilers without reading it by accident. They can come back and read spoils after watching or reading.

Reason 2: It is very effective for all AD'ers, of course!

Reason 3: It is easy to use a code like [/B], [/I], and so on.

Reason 4: It is not just apply to TV shows only but to apply all of entertainments.

Reason 5: Less worrying about feeling which someone think should read a thread or not because someone may not sure if there are spoilers in a thread or not. Some threads didn't warn AD'ers...

I can't think of more reasons. I hope they're good enough unless AD'er can add more!

Reason 6: Spoiler tags are not just about uncensored things, they can help with larger pictures, too. It is really help so big, it reduces the annoying and many larger pictures.

***naisho*** · 02-10-2012, 05:44 PM

Nice examples! Thanks for it.
I hope they won't be hard to implement..

Yeah, I remember sometimes I had used the spoiler tags to cut a big text too like copy and paste from an article. It saves the post size and made it smaller. So the spoiler tag can be used for many things it seems.

**Banjo** · 02-10-2012, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by naisho

Nice examples! Thanks for it.
I hope they won't be hard to implement..

Yeah, I remember sometimes I had used the spoiler tags to cut a big text too like copy and paste from an article. It saves the post size and made it smaller. So the spoiler tag can be used for many things it seems.

With some forums, it's already pre-programmed. It just has to be enabled. I don't know about AD though.

**KarissaMann05** · 02-10-2012, 05:46 PM

I hope so, too. It's just worthy try to do it. It's up to Alex. I hope he will try it!

**KarissaMann05** · 02-10-2012, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Banjo

With some forums, it's already pre-programmed. It just has to be enabled. I don't know about AD though.

Hmm... I remember this forum is just created in 2003 so I don't know if this forum could have it. Hmm.

Beach girl · 02-10-2012, 05:49 PM

televisionwithoutpity.com uses black bars for spoilers. You can click on the bar and it disappears so you can read what's underneath. Or leave it alone if you want to be "unspoiled."

***naisho*** · 02-10-2012, 06:16 PM

I was thinking, what if you guys made a separate thread for each Switched at Birth episode for discussion? Is that a good idea or bad one or would you rather all have it in one thread? I wouldn't have control over how the threads turn out, but the users can then read each topic for that episode only, rather than all episodes at once.

We would have different threads in the tv/movie section, they could be:
1) Switched at Birth Season 1 Episode 15 "Expulsion from the garden of eden"
2) Dexter S01E09 Father knows best
3) Switched at Birth S1E5 "Dogs playing poker"

and so on..

This would make the topic relevant to the discussion and keep people who hadn't seen the new episodes from reading accidental spoilers in one topic together. Or they could talk about the next episode in it. But it would need members to keep the topic alive.
This could also make googlers find the topics easier, it would also mean more members joining, maybe.

**Banjo** · 02-10-2012, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by naisho

I was thinking, what if you guys made a separate thread for each Switched at Birth episode for discussion? Is that a good idea or bad one or would you rather all have it in one thread? I wouldn't have control over how the threads turn out, but the users can then read each topic for that episode only, rather than all episodes at once.

We would have different threads in the tv/movie section, they could be:
1) Switched at Birth Season 1 Episode 15 "Expulsion from the garden of eden"
2) Dexter S01E09 Father knows best
3) Switched at Birth S1E5 "Dogs playing poker"

and so on..

This would make the topic relevant to the discussion and keep people who hadn't seen the new episodes from reading accidental spoilers in one topic together. Or they could talk about the next episode in it. But it would need members to keep the topic alive.
This could also make googlers find the topics easier, it would also mean more members joining, maybe.

One tip is to put a sticky thread in the Movies/TV section regarding spoiler tags.

**KarissaMann05** · 02-10-2012, 06:41 PM

IMO, no. I prefer to have one thread for older episodes that viewers haven't watch 'em yet. Every new thread for added newly episode with only few comments is sort of waste because look at that spoiled SaB thread. There are not really active.

It is better to have two threads for spoilers and no spoilers.

I just think, now, of something. Maybe I can change "my" spoiler free thread to "Spoiled Thread" so you can move spoiled posts to the new thread I just created. Thoughts?

02-10-2012, 04:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
KarissaMann05 Premium Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 6,381	What is better way to censor spoilers? (Request) I tried brighter fonts to 'censor' spoils. It seems it works better, but it's probably not effective for AD's dark theme background. I tried this: Code: Testing. WARNING AHEAD: Testing, testing, testing. Does this help with spoilers? It looks OK-OK but it is probably better than nothing at all. What is your suggestion for something? moved to Forum Feedback & Suggestions Moderator naisho

02-10-2012, 05:24 PM	#18 (permalink)
KarissaMann05 Premium Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 6,381	Here's a few great example: BB Code - Spoiler Tag ModphpBB3 Community Forum • View topic - Spoiler BBCode Another ones: Harry Potter Forum have one as it seems. ABOUT SPOILERS - Harry Potter Forum Animesuki forum have it, too. AnimeSuki Forum That's good enough, Naisho? Last edited by KarissaMann05; 02-10-2012 at 05:25 PM. Reason: Misspelled "Nashio". Sorry! =(

02-10-2012, 05:44 PM	#20 (permalink)
*naisho* Forum Disorders M.D.,Ph.D Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 6,162	Nice examples! Thanks for it. I hope they won't be hard to implement.. Yeah, I remember sometimes I had used the spoiler tags to cut a big text too like copy and paste from an article. It saves the post size and made it smaller. So the spoiler tag can be used for many things it seems. Banjo and KarissaMann05 like this.

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02-10-2012, 04:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Banjo Expelled Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 11,650	AD should add a spoiler tag to the forum. A lot of forums use it these days. It would show a button "Show spoiler" and you click it, it'll expand.

02-10-2012, 04:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
*naisho* Forum Disorders M.D.,Ph.D Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 6,162	Yeah, it's better to request or ask users to not post it. Lots of other sites outside of AD have it, but generally things here are kept kosher to avoid database corruption and errors (some of you remember that). You should post it in forum/feedback section as [REQUEST]: whatever here, Alex and others may look into it if they feel it is necessary.

02-10-2012, 04:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
KarissaMann05 Premium Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 6,381	Absolutely! I know how to use it, too.

02-10-2012, 04:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
KarissaMann05 Premium Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 6,381	All right. Can you move this thread to forum/feedback section, please? I hope Alex or someone can help with it.

02-10-2012, 05:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
*naisho* Forum Disorders M.D.,Ph.D Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 6,162	I have moved it for you. You may post your reasons why, show examples or let people to input in so the person in charge will take it to consideration.

02-10-2012, 05:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
KarissaMann05 Premium Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 6,381	I think it is only best solution is you create two threads for spoiler free and spoilers. That only helps a lot. =/ I'll go ahead and create a thread for spoiler free soon.

02-10-2012, 05:04 PM	#8 (permalink)
*naisho* Forum Disorders M.D.,Ph.D Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 6,162	Is it the Switched at Birth topic? Or is generally any particular topic in mind that is the issue?

02-10-2012, 05:11 PM	#14 (permalink)
KarissaMann05 Premium Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 6,381	How use to it? Here's how it works. <spoiler="reason here"> Text here </spoiler>. Replace with "[" and "]" so it will show up. I know AD don't have a code for it yet.

02-10-2012, 05:16 PM	#15 (permalink)
*naisho* Forum Disorders M.D.,Ph.D Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 6,162	Got some links to said forums or threads where they are using spoiler tags? There are probably different ones. Will give an idea to know what you are interested in and newbies who don't know what it is will realize how it works.

02-10-2012, 05:18 PM	#16 (permalink)
KarissaMann05 Premium Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 6,381	Sure, will do! Gimme some time to find 'em.

02-10-2012, 05:46 PM	#22 (permalink)
KarissaMann05 Premium Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 6,381	I hope so, too. It's just worthy try to do it. It's up to Alex. I hope he will try it!

02-10-2012, 05:49 PM	#24 (permalink)
Beach girl Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: northern Virginia in winter; NC in summer Posts: 3,760	televisionwithoutpity.com uses black bars for spoilers. You can click on the bar and it disappears so you can read what's underneath. Or leave it alone if you want to be "unspoiled."

02-10-2012, 06:16 PM	#25 (permalink)
*naisho* Forum Disorders M.D.,Ph.D Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 6,162	I was thinking, what if you guys made a separate thread for each Switched at Birth episode for discussion? Is that a good idea or bad one or would you rather all have it in one thread? I wouldn't have control over how the threads turn out, but the users can then read each topic for that episode only, rather than all episodes at once. We would have different threads in the tv/movie section, they could be: 1) Switched at Birth Season 1 Episode 15 "Expulsion from the garden of eden" 2) Dexter S01E09 Father knows best 3) Switched at Birth S1E5 "Dogs playing poker" and so on.. This would make the topic relevant to the discussion and keep people who hadn't seen the new episodes from reading accidental spoilers in one topic together. Or they could talk about the next episode in it. But it would need members to keep the topic alive. This could also make googlers find the topics easier, it would also mean more members joining, maybe.

02-10-2012, 06:41 PM	#27 (permalink)
KarissaMann05 Premium Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 6,381	IMO, no. I prefer to have one thread for older episodes that viewers haven't watch 'em yet. Every new thread for added newly episode with only few comments is sort of waste because look at that spoiled SaB thread. There are not really active. It is better to have two threads for spoilers and no spoilers. I just think, now, of something. Maybe I can change "my" spoiler free thread to "Spoiled Thread" so you can move spoiled posts to the new thread I just created. Thoughts?