# Don't count the spoiler wrapper towards the min post length requirement

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-count-the-spoiler-wrapper-towards-the-min-post-length-requirement/79110>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 26, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-count-the-spoiler-wrapper-towards-the-min-post-length-requirement/79110 "2018-01-26T19:31:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![alexs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alexs/32/139956_2.png) [@alexs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alexs)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-count-the-spoiler-wrapper-towards-the-min-post-length-requirement/79110/1 "2018-01-26T19:31:02Z")

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I’m not sure whether this should be considered a bug but it’s inconsistent so..

At the moment, users can add `[spoiler][/spoiler]` (with no hidden text) to their posts in order to bypass the `min post length` that’s been set for a site - & our users are doing this.

Characters from quotes of other posts aren’t counted towards the post’s length so this seems inconsistent.

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