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== Spoiler Policy ==
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The Coppermind deals with spoilers in three stages:
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The [[Special:TimeMachine|Time Machine]] is a tool on the Coppermind to give readers options for how they want to handle spoilers that are present in the wiki. Originally created to help MediaWiki developers find documentation for old software versions, this extension allows you to enter a date and view the Coppermind as it was before that date. There is also a drop-down with dates for some book releases preset. To stop using the Time Machine, simply return to its page and click the "Back to the present" button. Be aware that the Time Machine does have some limitations:
* It only loads old versions of pages, so anything dynamic (e.g., search results, the contents of a category, or templates) will not be effected.
* If you are given a link to a page that did not exist by the date you have set your Time Machine to, there of course is not an appropriate old version of the page that the Time Machine can show you and so you will just be shown the current version.
* If you are given a link to a redirect, the Time Machine will not run after you have been sent through to the target of the redirect, and so you will be shown the current version of the page. Reloading the page after being redirected should trigger the Time Machine.
* If you are viewing an old version of a page (either through the Time Machine or otherwise), then clicking the "Edit" button on the page will load the edit window ''with the text of that old version''. Editing therefore should generally not be done with the Time Machine active, as it will incidentally revert changes to the page after that old version.
== Policy Reminders ==
=== Pop-up ===
The first time someone visits the Coppermind and again after a new book releases, a notice with a warning about spoilers and a link to the [[Special:TimeMachine|Time Machine]] will cover the page they are on, requiring them to acknowledge the risk of spoilers before proceeding. This notice is served via [[MediaWiki:Common.js]].
=== Site notice ===
A notice with a warning about spoilers can be placed at the top of the page on specific pages as well as on every page in a namespace. These notices are controlled from [[Special:PrefixIndex/MediaWiki:Top-notice|pages with the form]] <code>MediaWiki:Top-notice-''PageName''</code> (e.g., [[MediaWiki:Top-notice-Coppermind:Welcome]]) for specific pages and <code>MediaWiki:Top-notice-ns-''NamespaceNumber''</code> (e.g., [[MediaWiki:Top-notice-ns-0]]) for an entire namespace. Currently, general spoiler notices are in use on the entire [[MediaWiki:Top-notice-ns-0|article]] and [[MediaWiki:Top-notice-ns-4|Coppermind]] namespaces and a separate notice specific to the spoiler policy for summary pages is in use on the entire [[MediaWiki:Top-notice-ns-3000|Summary]] namespace.
=== Spoiler notices ===
The red spoiler warnings placed on pages with information from a book that is still in its spoiler period are generated by the {{t|spoilers}} template. To add a spoiler warning, use {{t|spoilers|''first book code from [[Template:B]]''|''second book code from [[Template:B]]''|''etc.''}}. For example, if an article contains spoilers for ''[[{{b|sa3.5}}|{{b|sa3.5|text=y}}]]'', you would add {{t|spoilers|sa3.5}}. If spoilers from ''[[{{b|sa4}}]]'' are then added, you would change this to {{t|spoilers|sa3.5|sa4}} and, once the ''[[{{b|sa3.5}}|{{b|sa3.5|text=y}}]]'' spoiler period is over, you would then change this {{t|spoilers|sa4}}. Once the ''[[{{b|sa4}}]]'' spoiler period is over, the template can be removed completely (assuming new books haven't been added).
=== Editnotice ===
When editing a page, users may be shown a notice with a further reminder about the spoiler policy, located above the edit window in designated namespaces. These notices are controlled from [[Special:PrefixIndex/MediaWiki:Editnotice|pages with the form]] <code>MediaWiki:Editnotice-''NamespaceNumber''</code>. Currently, such a reminder is in place for the [[MediaWiki:Editnotice-0|article]] namespace.
== Editing before a book is released ==
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