This article is from the alt.tv.x-files.analysis FAQ, by Laura Burchard lhb@Radix.net with numerous contributions by others.
There's never anything wrong with posting a spoiler header, but you should
be specific -- "Spoilers through S3" "Movie spoiler". However, because the
world can be on as many as three different seasons, the only TV spoilers
that are required will be if you see a show and post before the first
North American broadcast. For the movie, it is best to have a spoiler
header until the series NA premiere in fall.
And never spoil in a header!
 
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