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I get it. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. That means there's going to be plot summaries of new movies (and books), which some editors will have not viewed yet. Which means spoilers. BUT editors don't have to go to those articles. They can just make their merry way along without even going anywhere close to these forbidden articles, and all is well. They don't have to read the articles, and they don't get the movie (or book) in question spoiled. It's simple!
But some editors like to think that they should put plot details in their edit summaries of movies that were just recently released. This can pop up in recent changes, and also in the watchlists of editors that watch these articles. This is difficult to avoid and can be an issue.
This essay was inspired by an edit summary written in December 2017 concerning Captain Phasma.