Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-1713281-20130423181727/@comment-5023292-20130429124749

Spencerz wrote: International releases of Marvel's Iron Man 3 are now underway, and the staff would like to address the inevitable presence of spoilers about the film on the site.

The Marvel Database Project is an international website, and we cover things from an international perspective. As such, we will not be restricting our international userbase from making additions of plot details, character info or any other spoilers related to the film, it's characters, or the overall Marvel Cinematic Universe.

That being said, if you don't see the movie right away, or if you live in a country that is not getting the film for another week or more (We're looking at you, North Americans), the staff suggests you actively avoid viewing pages related to the film, the recent blog posts, or the recent activity feed, less you learn things you may not want to know yet.

If you do add spoilers to the site: please make use of our spoiler tags. All new films carry a spoiler tag at the top of the page to begin with. In addition, a collapsible spoilers box can be utilized by all users on any page that may contain spoilers.

To add this to a page, type. For example, will display as:

Finally, the staff would like to strongly urge all users to avoid making blogs about the film, as blogs are displayed in multiple places on the site with little staff control over what is displayed to unsuspecting users. If you do decide to make a blog, please follow ADour's blog about Amazing Spider-Man #700, and include enough warning to make sure users are aware that your blog contains spoilers, and also to make sure that the automatic previews generated in blog listings do not inadvertently give away spoilers either. Please also avoid putting the spoilers in the title of the blog (i.e., don't title your blog HEY GUYS, DIES IN IRON MAN 3!!!)

To sum up, we will be allowing spoilers on the site, but we want to make sure that users have the option to choose whether or not they encounter them.

Thank you, and happy editing - The Marvel Database Project no problemo.