Spoiler short-cut

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Title:
Spoiler short-cut

Area:
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Summary:
Coding a html short-cut for having the same colour for background and text.

Description:
Requesting a html short-cut for spoiler text. That is, being able to mark up [spoiler] SPOILER GOES HERE [/spoiler] (or something similar) and having it post with the same colour background as text so that the spoiler must be highlighted to be read.

A nifty version of the code exists, which I understand makes hiding spoilers in this way effective for people who use screen-reading software as well. The link for the code is: http://amadi.dreamwidth.org/40143.html

Thanks!

- E

Poll #870

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Should be implemented as-is.
16 (32.0%)

Should be implemented with changes.
9 (18.0%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
24 (48.0%)

(Other: please comment)
1 (2.0%)

Comments

[adalger]

Contexts include NSFW text ("dirty words"); punch lines for "Think about this *then* read the answer" jokes, riddle answers, and the like; various types of guessing games (or possibly "Try to guess my answers to this meme-thingy"); anything where you want people to have to make a conscious and deliberate decision to read a particular short word or phrase. I would think fan / fanfic / spoiler contexts would be more suited to cuts anyway, because fen post long things. ;)

[ninetydegrees]

I would think fan / fanfic / spoiler contexts would be more suited to cuts anyway, because fen post long things.

It's used to hide warnings or notes about possible triggers.

[yvi]

Yes, it is. And my first reaction to this is to ask "So?".

I don't think I get your point. It could be used for any number of things, as lassarina and adalger said, including things that can be useful for the fandom-based community. Could you explain why you think this is that a bad thing? We have lots of features that only a portion of the user-base uses, and this definitely wouldn't be one that is only useful for one subgroup.

(I voted against it, for technical reasons, mostly. I just don't see why making a feature which might be a bit more useful for one group than for another is a bad thing.)

[ninetydegrees]

I didn't say it was a bad thing and I didn't speak of groups in general and I didn't say lassarina and adalger didn't have a point but I haven't seen it regularly used for anything but fanfic warnings so, in my experience this is something that is typically fannish. And yes, I don't think DW should implement stuff specifically for fannish people because that's not what DW is about, as denise has said several times. (Sorry if I'm not expressing what she said correctly). That doesn't make it "bad" or something I would have a problem with. That simply makes it something I do not wish developers to spend their time on because I don't think it would benefit me and I don't think it would benefit other users in general. This is only my assessment of the situation and I believe that, when we answer the polls, that's what we're asked. That's how I interpret it, anyway.

[kyrielle]

NSFW text will still trigger the filters that IT has, though, so really one shouldn't view that at work. I hear you on the others, though.