Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-80.74.111.178-20130917151542/@comment-3030984-20130917214646

No, the module is not the result of temporary work - what Shambala108 meant was that the page containing it is being viewed more, as search suggestions are not currently present (meaning more searches result in showing search results at Special:Search).

As for your understanding of the policy, this is 100% correct. In simple terms, if it's been released, it's no longer a spoiler. Putting newly released content (for lack of a better term) in a more public page where those who haven't watched the latest episode may see it isn't being mean-spirited - it's done for practicality.

Obviously airtime in certain countries will be different, meaning some won't have seen the episode at first airing (usually, whatever time it is on in the UK). However, trying to cater for this would be downright impossible, because where would you draw the line? Hundreds of countries around the world air the show at different times, varying from hours to years. Instead of some arbitrary and convoluted method of determining when everyone can possibly see the episode (and hence it no longer being a spoiler), we just go from the time of the first airing - wherever that is in the world.

While I hope this has been an informative discussion on how the Spoiler policy works, I feel inclined to point out that the River Song revelation is a two-year-old plotpoint by now. With all due respect (and I am genuinely curious to your reasons either way), do you consider An Unearthly Child to contain plot-sensitive information as well? :D