spoiler tags in Hollow Knight wikis

The user @Alixiron appears to have deleted the spoiler tags from many if not all wikis that pertain to the original game, exclusive of Silksong. Has there been discussion about this? Has he been authorized to do this?

Yes, HK came out eight years ago, but with Silksong only coming out last month I would expect the number of first-time players of HK to have significantly increased.

In the event that he has been authorized, I think it would be better to delete the text that was inside the spoiler tags as well.

A game being old doesn't somehow mean spoiler tags aren't warranted anymore, especially for stuff revealed very late into a multi-hour experience. Can't say I've played either game so I don't know the extent of how critical the spoilers are, but I'd say if it's something not like, regularly discussed in marketing materials (i.e. the reason why I think it's fine to be slightly more lax about the existence of Oberon's third ascension and what it looks like in broad strokes, but not the full details of what that entails), but if it's like… a big twist or pivotal moment, probably safer to leave spoiled. (coughs in umineko's general direction)

Arcana55 said:

The user @Alixiron appears to have deleted the spoiler tags from many if not all wikis that pertain to the original game, exclusive of Silksong. Has there been discussion about this? Has he been authorized to do this?

Yes, HK came out eight years ago, but with Silksong only coming out last month I would expect the number of first-time players of HK to have significantly increased.

In the event that he has been authorized, I think it would be better to delete the text that was inside the spoiler tags as well.

There were sentences spoilered for pretty much every single wiki written for Hollow Knight which I felt was a bit excessive. They were mostly about how the characters relate to each other (like how Hornet is the mc's half sister) and some lore tidbits which I didn't think were worth hiding but still could be relevant for tagging. I guess should have made a forum topic about it before I removed them but I did ask in the discord about it.

The admins have said, and I agree with this, generally speaking if it's something that belongs in the wiki in shouldn't be spoilered, and if it's something that needs to be spoilered then it probably doesn't belong in the wiki.

I don’t see anything in any of the edited wikis that ever needed to be spoilered. The White Lady being the Pale King's wife is not a secret. It's not a plot twist, it's not a big reveal, it's not something that's ever really "hidden" from you. It's just part of the lore. That doesn't make it a spoiler.

Unless you're dedicated to a 100% blind playthrough none of the information in any of these wikis would have any impact on your experience.