SPOILER TAGS: When & How to Use Them

[Grubert]

When to use spoiler tags

You should use spoiler tags in a post when part or all of it reveals an important plot point, twist or ending of a film.

Note this applies to new and old films alike. Just because a film is a classic, or because you have seen it many times, don't assume that everybody else has already seen it.

Exception
If you are creating a thread dedicated to a key plot point, twist or ending of a film, you can just include a spoiler warning in the title of such thread...for example, a thread title such as "I didn't get the ending of No Country for Old Men (Spoilers)". In that case, you don't need to use spoiler tags inside the thread. Nobody should open that thread unless he or she has seen the movie.


How to use spoiler tags
The Forum has just added Spoiler tags to the tool bar above, It works just like the quote. You can highlight the text and click the icon and it will automatically spoiler wrap the text on the highlighted dialogue.(To highlight text, just click with mouse and run it over what you want highlighted)
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Here is the old fashioned way:
Spoiler tags work as other usual tags: you place the string spoiler between brackets before the text you want to "hide", and the string /spoiler after, also between brackets. For example:
[ spoiler]This is a spoiler[ /spoiler]

For the message to be actually hidden, here's how it appears when you remove the space between the square bracket and the slash:

[Show spoiler]This is a spoiler

You can tag whole paragraphs, or parts of it. You can tag even only part of a sentence. Example:

At the end of Citizen Kane, you find out that Rosebud was

[Show spoiler]the sled he had as a child

.

[Stephie_is_a_dork]

That sounds great in theory, but those of us posting from a PS3 can't highlight text to read it.

What else you got?

[savage1984]

[Show spoiler] Professor Chumblebutt

I just previewed it. It works like a charm!!!

Great! I hope everyone uses these!

[WriteSimply]

Great! I've been waiting for spoiler tags for this forum for ages!


fuad

[BStecke]

This was my suggestion in the feedback forum. Kneel before Zod! ZOD!

[Sylin]

You'll never believe this! I just watched Empire Strikes Back, and Darth Vader is

[Show spoiler]Luke's father

!!!

[Canada]

[Show spoiler] MGS4 is awsome

[Mikeblu]

Originally Posted by Canada

[Show spoiler] MGS4 is awsome

at the end

[Show spoiler]Otacon dies!

wonder who'll belive that?

[alexakajeff]

Blu-ray.com rocks!

[InfectedStranger]

I've been seeing other posts in normal threads that do not have these tags.....this needs to be posted in the rules for the forum.

[Moefiz]

[Show spoiler]whoooooooo

....My first one.

[Coqui2k]

[Show spoiler]Bruce Wayne

is Batman

[Foggy]

[Show spoiler]I'm keyser Soze

[Sussudio]

Just a friendly reminder

Originally Posted by GreenScar

When in doubt, use spoiler tags. It's becoming more and more important in this forum. It only takes a second.

It should even be done when posting articles. At the same time, just like when checking out a trailer, when you start reading about a film your interested in and haven't seen, your most likely going to read or see some sort of spoiler.

I'll also throw in that it's wise to use the spoiler tag feature when posting large pictures.

[Show spoiler]Like this

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Sussudio

Just a friendly reminder



I'll also throw in that it's wise to use the spoiler tag feature when posting large pictures.

[Show spoiler]Like this

Not gonna lie....I jumped a little when the picture popped up...

[Sabotage]

[Show spoiler] test

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by Sussudio

Just a friendly reminder



I'll also throw in that it's wise to use the spoiler tag feature when posting large pictures.

[Show spoiler]Like this

[Show spoiler] I new it would be something about that movie before I looked

[jw]

Updated original post with explanation of how to use the new

[Sussudio]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

Updated original post with explanation of how to use the new

Nice! Great addition.

[Slim Jim]

[Show spoiler]hello