Forum:CT Archive/The Force Awakens spoiler template

Per discussion here, the idea is to create a separate spoiler template that would be used only for spoilers related to Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens. There were three basic points of discussion - should we have one, what should it look like and how should it be used? After all of the discussion, it was pretty much universally agreed that the basic idea is solid and a template was created that most participants, though not everyone, seemed to agree was a good idea.

Also, though it wasn't discussed much, it was agreed that the template should only be applied to new material from the film or related products. This would serve as a sort of "stop reading now" for anything that originates from the new film, while also distinguishing other new material not relate to the film, such as say, a Belkor Dray. By keeping it off something like, say, Darth Sidious, were he somehow to be involved in the movie, it would assuage people who didn't want to know, simply from visiting Sidious's page, that he's in The Force Awakens. Of course, it wouldn't stop anybody who chose to read in detail, but at that point, that's their problem if they're concerned about spoilers.

I don't know, perhaps I should split this somehow, but this has been going for so long that I'm not sure I see the point of any further discussion. If it fails, then fine, we can just stick with the normal spoiler template. By voting for this, you agree that: A.) A specific template for The Force Awakens is applied to pages for new characters from The Force Awakens, or new material such as Maz Kanata's castle and will remain until one month after the theatrical release of The Force Awakens. I recommend calling - to the point and concise, but I don't really care what it's actually named. B.) That the template used will be this here, originally created by Brandon Rhea, with refinements by both him and Jorrel Fraajic:

Or to put it another way, the following will be added to Spoilers under "Available templates:"

"=== Template:VIIspoiler ===
 * To use, type .

This template should be used on article for a subject original to Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens or a directly related product, such as its novelization."

Support adopting the new template

 * 1) ProfessorTofty (talk) 18:59, May 15, 2015 (UTC)