Help:Spoilers

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You're kidding me. Did you just stuff that Aperture Science Thing-We-Don't-Know-What-It-Does into an Aperture Science Emergency Intelligence Incinerator?

— GLaDOS

The Portal series is heavily story-based, as such any information regarding the story may be damaging to the experience of new players or players of whom have not completed the game. To reduce the exposure of Spoilers to players, there are guidelines and practices we have in regards to spoilers.

Template:Spoiler

Example

How to use it

Place the following code: {{Spoiler}}; at the top of any article.

When to use it

The Spoiler Alert box should be used on any article that contains information relating to the Storyline of the Portal series or anything a player is likely to wish to discover themselves. It should always be placed at the top of an article.


Template:Spoiler paragraph

Template:Spoiler paragraph

How to use it

Pass the text to be marked as-spoiler as the first parameter of the template. The above example was generated by:

{{Spoiler paragraph|The Spoiler paragraph template places a dashed red border to the left of the inserted text.<br/>
As such, anybody who wishes to ignore the Spoiler warning atop the page can still read an article but skip over the spoilers.<br/>
Spoilers marked using this template will be hidden from view if a user selects "Hide Spoilers" on the {{tl|spoiler}} template.
}}

When to use it

This template should be used for every piece of text that contains spoilers.

Around the Wiki community

Discussion pages

Discussion pages (including user-talk pages) should have an equal amount of care taken with regards to adding spoilers. Always use both-templates when posting spoilers on a discussion page, however place the Template:Spoiler at the top of the section that contains spoilers - not atop the page.

IRC

On the Wiki IRC channel, there is a strict no-spoilers policy. Anybody who posts spoilers in the channel will receive a 24-hour ban. Repeat offenders will be permanently banned.