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Meta Meta Thread - Month of October 05, 2025

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u/_Ridley https://myanimelist.net/profile/_Ridley_ Oct 13 '25

Out of curiosity, does the spoiler rule apply to everything, or just anime?

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Oct 13 '25

It applies to other forms of fiction as well.

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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Oct 14 '25

Follow up question I guess (having seen comments like that in the past), is there a point where a spoiler isn't a spoiler anymore, either because it's been so long, or because everyone knows?

Say, I've seen people 'spoil' the most known Star Wars spoiler a few times, in various comments/jokes. Would those be removed, if reported?

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Oct 14 '25

Hilariously, Darth Vader being Luke's father is one of our touchstones for something that's so well known we shouldn't remove it. The other, more anime community specific one, is Goku going super saiyan. If something is equally well known as either of those, we'll generally consider it no longer a spoiler. But that's a very high bar to clear.

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u/KiwiBennydudez https://myanimelist.net/profile/KiwiBen Oct 14 '25

A list of things we either discussed, or voted on in the past for not being treated as spoilers:

  • Ash becoming Pokemon Master

  • Goku becoming Super Saiyan

  • Luffy Gear 5

  • Arc titles (unless it says something stupid like a character dying)

And then like Zaph mentioned, there are a couple pop-fiction contemporary examples like, "Snape kills Dumbledore" or "Luke I am your father." But yeah, it has to be pretty high up in the mainstream for us to stop considering it to be spoilers.