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December 23

The prevalence of spoiler warnings inside and outside the Anglosphere

This is the sequel to a question I asked more than a year ago. My question is, how come the concept of the spoiler warning is: 1. extremely prevalent in English-speaking media, to the point that even mentioning anything about a media's plot is already considered a spoiler, and that people can go to extreme lengths to avoid spoilers, and 2. The concept/practice has caught on in some cultures (such as Japan) but not in others? (like non-English Europe, an example would be Germany, as seen in my previous question, although some European-language Wikipedias do have spoiler warnings) I'm aware that the concept of the spoiler warning and the obsession with spoiler (or rather, avoiding them), was popularized or even invented in the English-speaking world, and that other cultures which also follow the practice seem to have been mainly influenced by the former, but how come the spoiler warning and the obsession with avoiding spoilers haven't caught on in some cultures, while they have in others? Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 00:44, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

On your first question, how do you know that the concept of the spoiler warning is "extremely prevalent in English-speaking media"? When you say "anything... is already considered a spoiler", by whom do you think it is so considered? And finally, which people "go to extreme lengths to avoid spoliers", and how do you know they do? --Viennese Waltz 00:58, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My questions were based on personal experiences and anecdotes, so unfortunately it's difficult to give examples. In the latter case though, I once saw a person who would avoid any websites discussing anything about a certain media, and sometimes avoid even websites that don't generally talk about the media in question, in order to avoid being spoiled on that media's plot. On the "anything... is already considered a spoiler" part, this comes from me reading the archives on the great debates that led to the phasing out of spoiler warnings on the English Wikipedia, where it was mentioned a number of times that theoretically, someone could call any part of a media's plot (not just the ending) a spoiler. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 01:30, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The reaction to "spoilers" is going to vary from fan to fan. Some may not want to know anything about a film (in which case, why would they even bother to watch it?), but most of us want to at least have a clue of what the film's about. Some fans want to know everything about a film before it turns up in the theaters (and then they wonder why it didn't live up to expectations), while others would rather not have it "spoiled" for them, especially the climactic elements. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:09, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Despite it being a very recent film, very few people were concerned about spoilers for Romeo and Juliet (2013 film). HiLo48 (talk) 02:20, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Did it turn out differently than it usually does? Like for example did they run away to Vegas for a quickie wedding and then move to the Caymans, as opposed to dying for love? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:28, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Um, no. HiLo48 (talk) 02:30, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Xbox one social function

Does the xbox one have a function to help friends with a part of a game they're stuck on from your own console like on ps4? What are the other differences in social functions between the 2? Clover345 (talk) 01:13, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Face on E4

UK digital TV channel E4 runs a competition called E-stings, where viewers submit very short video clips, usually animated and featuring the channel's logo, to be used during ad breaks. One of these features a young man's face in a picture frame, whose hair gets reshaped into the E4 symbol. The picture can be seen at http://estings.e4.com, halfway down on the right side (just below the woman peering over her sunglasses). I'm sure I recognize him from somewhere, probably a 1960s US TV show, but I can't quite put a name to the face. Can anyone help? Rojomoke (talk) 08:42, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see clips matching your description. I see a red-haired male scientist wearing glasses, but below him is a cake. Clarityfiend (talk) 17:11, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No, not the clip shots in the centre. Scroll across to the right side of the page. He has a sort of Leo Di Caprio look, but it's not him. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:12, 23 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No idea, and I watched a lot of '60s shows. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:03, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It looks a bit like Tony Dow aka Wally Cleaver, from Leave It To Beaver. --Jayron32 18:58, 24 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not seeing it. Is it still where it was on the 23rd? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:26, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. I had to widen my browser window to see it. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:55, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]