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(Per the guideline set forth immediately below, The Mousetrap is scheduled to enter the list in roughly 2047, barring yet another general extension of the term of copyright. Recasting as a Shakespeare/Christie contrast.) |
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This is an incomplete list of series or bodies of work which are officially free to spoil. Enough time has gone by in enough markets that only one or two humans are left who haven't seen/read it. We feel for them, but not enough to make our wiki look like some sort of weird Swiss cheese. |
This is an incomplete list of series or bodies of work which are officially free to spoil. Enough time has gone by in enough markets that only one or two humans are left who haven't seen/read it. We feel for them, but not enough to make our wiki look like some sort of weird Swiss cheese. |
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See also [[It Was His Sled]] and [[Late Arrival Spoiler]] |
See also [[It Was His Sled]] and [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]. |
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* If [[Public Domain Character|the copyright has expired]], it's probably free to spoil. In the vast majority of countries, this roughly coincides with anything [[Older Than Radio]]. |
* If [[Public Domain Character|the copyright has expired]], it's probably free to spoil. In the vast majority of countries, this roughly coincides with anything [[Older Than Radio]]. |
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* Anything from myth (e.g. [[Parental Incest|Oedipus]]), religion (e.g. [[The Bible]]), or even legends (e.g. [[Robin Hood]]). If it's [[Older Than Dirt]] (or at least [[Older Than Feudalism]]), it's definitely OK. That said, ''occasionally'' spoilering Biblical events ({{spoiler|Jesus dies}} but {{spoiler|comes back to life}}) is [[Rule of Funny|often very funny]]. Just don't go overusing it. |
* Anything from myth (e.g. [[Parental Incest|Oedipus]]), religion (e.g. [[The Bible]]), or even legends (e.g. [[Robin Hood]]). If it's [[Older Than Dirt]] (or at least [[Older Than Feudalism]]), it's definitely OK. That said, ''occasionally'' spoilering Biblical events ({{spoiler|Jesus dies}} but {{spoiler|comes back to life}}) is [[Rule of Funny|often very funny]]. Just don't go overusing it. |
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* The cat is likewise out of the bag for all of [[William Shakespeare]]'s plays. |
* The cat is likewise out of the bag for all of [[William Shakespeare]]'s plays, but not [[Agatha Christie]]'s, and '''[[Serious Business|double]]''' not ''[[The Mousetrap]]''. |
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* If you spoiler-tag a ''fact'', something that happened in [[Real Life]], you have our full and express permission to punch yourself in the face. Unless you do it [[Rule of Funny|to be funny]], then the person who doesn't realize it's a joke and angrily deletes the tag has the face punching permission. |
* If you spoiler-tag a ''fact'', something that happened in [[Real Life]], you have our full and express permission to punch yourself in the face. Unless you do it [[Rule of Funny|to be funny]], then the person who doesn't realize it's a joke and angrily deletes the tag has the face punching permission. |
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* Quotes from a work. Either it doesn't need spoilers, or it doesn't need to be quoted; use ellipses (...) if need be. |
* Quotes from a work. Either it doesn't need spoilers, or it doesn't need to be quoted; use ellipses (...) if need be. |
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