Redact My Spoiler

January 26, 2005 11:57 PM

My plot spoiler in skallas' AskMe thread wouldn't have been so bad if it were in ROT-13. It was just my luck that I didn't stop to consider it at the time. I'd like to plea Mea culpa, and request my comment be pbeerpgrq jvgu nyy gung hygen-frperg, rapelcgvpny glcr ubbqbb, if possible.
posted by Smart Dalek to Etiquette/Policy at 11:57 PM (21 comments total)

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posted by seanyboy at 12:19 AM on January 27, 2005

Do you mean this comment? And if so, which part? the short answer and last sentence?
posted by mathowie (staff) at 12:19 AM on January 27, 2005

Nf n znggre bs rgvdhrggr vg'f znlor n tbbq vqrn sbe crbcyr gb nqbcg gur "fcbvyref va ebg 13" cbyvpl. Zl cersrerapr vf sbe n uvqqra gnt, naq gurer'f nyernql orra n cbal erdhrfgvat gung. Ebg 13 vf n tbbq fbyhgvba.
posted by seanyboy at 12:25 AM on January 27, 2005

Just the "Long Answer". The last sentence is fine.
posted by Smart Dalek at 12:49 AM on January 27, 2005

So wipe out three paragraphs to replace with the single sentence of gibberish code?
posted by mathowie (staff) at 12:51 AM on January 27, 2005

Right. Thanks.
posted by Smart Dalek at 1:01 AM on January 27, 2005

No, no, no...
Wipe out three paragraphs and replace with three paragraphs of encrypted text.... Smart Dalek wants his comment to read ....

Ybat nafjre: Natry jnf n ebobg/Zrtnqrhf gb ortva jvgu. Jura ure bcrengbe qvrq, fur orpnzr uhzna (!), rffragvnyyl orpbzvat n culfvpny erfrzoynapr bs ure bcrengbe, ohg jvgubhg nal zrzbevrf. Orpnhfr bs ure novyvgl gb erneenatr zhpu bs ure bja znggre, znff, naq fvmr, fur jnf gur "xrl" gb nygrevat ernyvgl.

Gurer jnf rivqrapr, ubjrire, gung gur jbeyq gur fubj jnf frg va jnf abguvat zber guna n znyshapgvbavat ubybtenz - ehaavat va na raqyrff ybbc - ybat nsgre uhznavgl qvrq bhg ba Rnegu.
Ebtre Fzvgu, gur Artbgvngbe, ershfrq gb oryvrir guvf, naq zretrq jvgu Natry va ubcrf bs bssrevat n orggre jnl bs yvsr - vs abg sbe Cnenqvtz Pvgl & gur "jbeyq", ng yrnfg sbe uvzfrys, Natry, naq E. Qbebgul...

Gur raqvat vf fhowrpgvir, qryvorengryl, fb. Sebz na bcgvzvfg'f crefcrpgvir, gur jbeyq naq uhznavgl ner fnirq, nf ner Ebtre, Qbebgul naq Natry, qhr gb Natry'f novyvgl gb erneenatr znggre. Tvira gur ahzore bs sentzragf bs Natry (va ure Zrtnqrhf sbez) juvpu pnzr penfuvat gb Rnegu naq jrer fgvyy va beovg, nf jryy nf gur Pbafreingvba bs Raretl Cevapvcyr, n ernyvfg pbhyq nethr gung Ebtre jnf jryy-vagragvbarq, lrg qryhqrq. Vs gur "jbeyq" jnf ernyyl n ubybtenz, Ebtre jbhyq'ir zreryl er-obbgrq gur znva cebtenz; n "orggre" Cnenqvtz Pvgl, rgp. jbhyq nccrne, ohg vg jbhyq or nf zhpu bs na vyyhfvba nf gur ynfg, va fcvgr bs Ebtre be nal bs gur bguref orvat noyr gb rkcerff "erny" rzbgvbaf, fhpu nf ybir.

More information on rot13 Here
posted by seanyboy at 1:35 AM on January 27, 2005

Like I said before, some sort of hidden tag (where text is the same color as the background) would be a preferred solution, but Rot13 is a good workaround.
posted by seanyboy at 1:41 AM on January 27, 2005

Doesn't the thread ask for spoilers? What's the problem?
posted by nthdegx at 3:54 AM on January 27, 2005

Is there something you're using to make rot13 not a pain in the ass?
posted by smackfu at 6:27 AM on January 27, 2005

Simple ROT-13 Encoder/Decoder.
posted by nthdegx at 7:00 AM on January 27, 2005

I thought the trouble with that thread was the issues of including spoilers in the post, not in the comments?
posted by redfoxtail at 7:23 AM on January 27, 2005

The Mnenhy Extension for Firefox also has it covered.
It even does BASE64, Morse signal, and Unicode.

nthdegx & redfoxtail - it's a matter of wether people viewing the initial question think the heavy spoilers are decoded or not. It's common nettiquette within USENET and bulletin board threads to scramble the text, so that anyone else with a related question can post within the thread, without fear of acquiring too many juicy details. Since MeFi/MeTa never had any incident involving spoilers, I neglected to think about it. But the popularity of AskMe is likely to encourage more discretion.
posted by Smart Dalek at 7:34 AM on January 27, 2005

Thank goodness this isn't Usenet.
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posted by TimeFactor at 9:04 AM on January 27, 2005

Smart Dalek: Redfoxtail is right, you didn't do anything wrong. The post asked for an answer which would naturally include spoilers, so anyone reading the thread should have expected them. The problem was the spoilers in the post itself.

ROT-13 would have been courteous, but wasn't necessarily expected.
posted by ruddhist at 9:13 AM on January 27, 2005

smackfu - rot13.com is easy as pie.
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