Board Thread:Policies/@comment-1895174-20160427165408/@comment-1895174-20160429211827

Mrkermit wrote: I strongly oppose any prohibitions to editing, especially after the movie has released. Right to edit is one of main principles of wikis and should not be taken away for some editors's personal pleasure of watching a movie. People are coming to our site to look for an information and if it's not there, they move on and we lose readers and potential contributors. There's no any edit bans mentioned on spoiler policy for a good reason. Also we shouldn't block editors for innocent mistakes but give them some guidance instead. Anything more than a slap on the wrist seems inappropriate. Something strong enough to remind users to use spoiler tags but not so strong to discourage them from ever coming back. Half an hour is a more appropriate ban than half a year, and even then it should be after multiple infractions.

Exception obvious trolls, of course, but we thankfully haven't had a problem with that in the past.

The spoiler policy that was in effect for previous movies was strongly slanted in favor of the editor. The spoiler policy that was posted (and then removed, thanks!) for Civil War is strongly slanted in favor of readers, specifically American readers, specifically those readers who don't see it in the opening weekend and want to avoid anything close to a spoiler at all costs. Surely that doesn't attract more new editors than it turns away.