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What is a "spolier"?

26-06-2009 02:20PM

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partyguinness

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I see these things called "spoiler"..what are they and what are they used for?:o

Cheers

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#2 26-06-2009 02:25PM

Beruthiel

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If someone is discussing the latest film, they will cover the twist or something that might ruin it for you if you haven't seen it yet.
Highlighting it will allow you to see the text underneath.

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#3 26-06-2009 02:28PM

hullaballoo

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A spoiler is something that allows you to hide text where it might be unfair to others to have it in plain view, for example, match scores or plots in films/series etc.

To use them, you use
tags so that:

[noparse]
This text is hidden.
[/noparse]

Gives:
This text is hidden.

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#4 26-06-2009 02:31PM

partyguinness

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Ah I see. That explains it.

Thanks for that:)

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