I hope you don't mind if I add my own (somehow unpopular, from what I see) opinion to this! Well, to be honest, I... prefer comments to linking! It's just me, but I find them neater that way. I can see how coding fail or typos can make life difficult in those, but I don't think it's that much of an issue, so personally, I don't see a problem here.
However, as already mentioned by some, the spoilers policy seems double-standard. I mean: have you honestly seen an app without spoilers? The answer is no; every app in history had, has and will have spoilers within itself -- bigger or smaller, but spoilers nonetheless. Some that are not considered major may still ruin a canon for someone (an example here, and since it's, well, a spoiler (for SMT:P3), I'll white it out: Chidori's death perhaps wasn't the most shocking spoiler in the entire game, but for someone who's just started playing it, it is a big thing). Now the question is, who is to decide what is a major spoiler and what isn't? Personally, I think that by reading an app, you fully agree to bear the consequences: people should be aware there may be spoilers lurking in the app, and it's their risk and responsibility if they choose to read it anyway.
And as for the password... Yeah, I agree it's laughably easy to go around; however, I think the tasks you provided examples of would be the same. Just CTRL+F "task" and done! The idea of rules/FAQ-centric questions that has been mentioned above is better, but it's also true that the players who are already in-game shouldn't be made to go through all of it again. I mean, I go to FAQ frequently (hence the name of the section, huh?) because my memory's not perfect and I need to check if it's okay to rename a Pokémon, what the limit is, what the current weather affects, HOW TO WRITE THAT GODDAMN "é"... I imagine (hope?) a lot of players consult the page on regular basis, so is there really a point in making them study it all again when they probably look up things there already...?
... Wow, that is a lot of tl;dr I'M SORRY. But yes, I'm done. Sorry if it comes off rude (I DIDN'T MEAN TO) and/or doesn't make any sense ;;
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However, as already mentioned by some, the spoilers policy seems double-standard. I mean: have you honestly seen an app without spoilers? The answer is no; every app in history had, has and will have spoilers within itself -- bigger or smaller, but spoilers nonetheless. Some that are not considered major may still ruin a canon for someone (an example here, and since it's, well, a spoiler (for SMT:P3), I'll white it out: Chidori's death perhaps wasn't the most shocking spoiler in the entire game, but for someone who's just started playing it, it is a big thing). Now the question is, who is to decide what is a major spoiler and what isn't? Personally, I think that by reading an app, you fully agree to bear the consequences: people should be aware there may be spoilers lurking in the app, and it's their risk and responsibility if they choose to read it anyway.
And as for the password... Yeah, I agree it's laughably easy to go around; however, I think the tasks you provided examples of would be the same. Just CTRL+F "task" and done! The idea of rules/FAQ-centric questions that has been mentioned above is better, but it's also true that the players who are already in-game shouldn't be made to go through all of it again. I mean, I go to FAQ frequently (hence the name of the section, huh?) because my memory's not perfect and I need to check if it's okay to rename a Pokémon, what the limit is, what the current weather affects, HOW TO WRITE THAT GODDAMN "é"... I imagine (hope?) a lot of players consult the page on regular basis, so is there really a point in making them study it all again when they probably look up things there already...?
... Wow, that is a lot of tl;dr I'M SORRY. But yes, I'm done. Sorry if it comes off rude (I DIDN'T MEAN TO) and/or doesn't make any sense ;;