Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-4839682-20140608194914/@comment-4975807-20140608232918

Killian Jones wrote: I disagree. I still think users should still wait until they finish watching the episode. So I'd say pages can be blocked during the airing, but forums and comments could be allowed, with everyone deciding for themselves wether or not they want to read spoilers.

I'll give an example of what I think would happen if pages are not blocked at all for my point to be clear XD Picture this: "Broken" has just started airing. We see what appears to be a flashback of some new characters (Mulan, Phillip, Aurora). Users start editing the history sections and timelines as they see fit with the information the episode seems to be showing. Now, we learn at the end of the episode these scenes were actually flashforwards. People who want to get the info about what's going on in the show will come to the wiki right after the episode STARTS airing, and will/might read wrong information because someone who has not finished watching the episode THOUGHT stuff went that way.

So my suggestion is the following: pages should be locked only while the episode is airing, but comments and forums will be open and people will read those at their own risk. Updating the pages will take place just after the episode finishes airing. That wouldn't make sense for someone to edit the pages as the episode is being shown, I agree. It would be somewhat inaccurate, yes, because many things are happening in the episode at once, and just trying to remember things by memory without going back to rewatch can be unreliable. But I don't see that as a proper reason to lock the pages. I believe it's common sense for someone to know it wouldn't be 100% accurate to just edit things in as the episode is being shown because things could drastically change by the end of the episode.