Forum:Spoiler Images

As IJZM kindly pointed out to me in a chat today, some images of the game's ending are revealed in the "Read More" panel, found at the bottom of pages. While this may not be a big deal for users who have completed the game, it is quite upsetting to be browsing a page and accidentally stumble upon a preview image of an ending you were hoping to see for yourself when you actually complete the game.

As far as I'm concerned, it is not possible to manually change the image; the system simply takes the first big image on the article, cuts it down to size and crops out what doesn't fit. The same goes for the "new images" panel on the right side below Wiki Activity. Since we mostly use game icons, which are tiny in size, the "Read More" panel doesn't pick it up and previews the game image ending instead.

Even though we've been covering up game endings with spoiler templates, it still isn't enough when images of the endings are posted. They end up getting leaked on Special:NewFiles as well as the preview image on Read More. For this reason, I propose treating these spoiler images as personal images and have them uploaded and posted off our Wiki's mainspace (that is, via Special:Upload to lessen the chance of readers accidentally stumbling upon them in other places out of our control. We should delete future spoiler images as well - it isn't fair for other users who want to complete a game themselves and just come upon it.

If this Wiki isn't willing to upload spoiler images off the mainspace, I suggest we cover up the spoiler image by replacing infobox images in the game with a picture of the game's menu. I have been doing this on Neutronized Wiki and so far, the Read More panel for those pages just shows a preview image of the title and not the spoiler. (Of course, I actually haven't put up any spoiler images for Neutronized Wiki, but I'm pretty sure they won't be seen in Read More.) However, I strongly suggest keeping spoiler images off the mainspace period because there will be no chance of it showing on Read More or the New File logs.

Please read the above thoroughly before making a response. 05:31, February 19, 2012 (UTC)

Support - as proposer 05:31, February 19, 2012 (UTC)