Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-4839682-20140321225607/@comment-4839682-20140327211435

Ditto51 wrote: To be fair, compaining about someone spoiling something because it airs in Canada before the States is like the rest of the world, like us in England who don't even have a channel to watch Season 3 or Wonderland on, complaining that you spoil it before it airs here.

No one gets blocked because they say something after the episode airs in the States that could spoil it for people else where in the world.

And who is on the wiki while watching the episode anyway. Most people will go onto the wiki afterwards to update it or see if they missed anything, but I doubt people will be looking at the wiki in detail, especially about the episode their watching while they are watching it. Everything you're saying here is completely valid and understandable, so allow me to explain how the policy came to be:

There actually are visitors to the wiki while the show is airing in the US. (Most of our visitors live in the US) Before we started locking pages, there was quite an epidemic of jerks spoiling the episode for everyone, commenting on articles with major spoilers ("GRAHAM DIES!!") or trolling with false spoilers. If you're just casually on the wiki, looking at the Recent Activity, that's a huge problem. XD

Of course, outside of that, this isn't a spoiler free zone. We allow updates to be made immediately after the episode airs in its home country. Does that suck for our friends in the UK and Europe? I suppose it can. But that's kind of the cost of visiting a wiki for a show that airs in another country. XD (Countless shows are spoiled for me because I visit their wiki and they air overseas) The alternative would be what I've seen other wikis do; delay days or even a week to post new information. And that's something I don't think the community would want. The current policy is in place because it's what the community wanted.