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April 2023[edit]

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I am reading Bhagavad Gita. I did a google search for Arjuna. I clicked the Wikipedia page for Arjuna. A major spoiler was revealed in the 3rd sentence of the 1st paragraph.
I understand that spoilers are allowed on Wikipedia, but should they really be in the 3rd sentence of the very first paragraph? Is that courteous and thoughtful? Encyclopedia Britannica doesn't do that. I looked on numerous other encyclopedia pages, and I haven't found one other page that thinks it's appropriate to put a major spoiler of a story in the 3rd sentence of the first paragraph. It seems common sense that a spoiler shouldn't be in the third sentence of the first paragraph.
This seems like common sense, like not ruining someone's surprise birthday party.
By the logic justifying the present condition of the Arjuna page, then by these alleged rules and this alleged logic, it should be 100% acceptable for me to go across Wikipedia, and insert the spoiler of every story or movie or book into the 3rd sentence of the first paragraph on every page. Clearly, that would be inappropriate. So why is it appropriate on the Wikipedia page for Arjuna? I'm not even making the case that the information shouldn't be present on the page. I'm making the extremely reasonable case that the placement of the information is borderline malicious and does a disservice to anyone reading Bhagavad Gita who is just curious, and does a google search on this character.
I am trying to preserve the value and experience of the reader who curiously does an internet search on a character. So, that others don't have to experience a story spoiler before finishing the book, which is what happened to me.
Putting this information in the 3rd sentence of the paragraph seems to go beyond the scope of just trying to provide information in a reasonable chronological order for an encyclopedia purpose, and instead seems to just be acting as an inappropriately misplaced spoiler. MichaelJHans (talk) 05:32, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I'm not the only person who has removed this text from the Arjuna page. I have no affiliation with "Nestofbirdnests". But I thank them for being reasonable enough to understand remove this text for the sake of readers who don't want to be exposed to spoilers in the 3rd sentence of the first paragraph of this page. MichaelJHans (talk) 05:34, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

April 2023[edit]

You are suspected of sockpuppetry, which means that someone suspects you of using multiple Wikipedia accounts for prohibited purposes. Please make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to investigations, then, if you wish to do so, respond to the evidence at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Nestofbirdnests. Thank you. Catfish Jim and the soapdish 13:07, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]