[Dragaera] Meta: Spoiler Policy Review

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"Martin Wohlert" <martin_wohlert at hotmail.com> 
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>Jon Lincicum <lincicum at comcast.net> wrote:
>>Spoiler policy (last time this was discussed) was 17 blank lines at the
>>top of a post, with warnings in the subject line. (And probably near the
>>top of the message itself for good measure).
>>
>>This should include ANY discussion of ANYTHING that involves situations,
>>locations, dialogue, character development, moments, etc from Dzur until
>>6 months after the PAPERBACK version of the book is out. (Whether it
>>pertains to details in cover blurbs or not. Lots of folks intentionally
>>don't read those.)
>>
>>Somebody kick me if I forgot anything important.
>>
>>Majikjon
>
>It's preferable that the word SPOILER is included in the _first part_ of 
the 
>Message subject.
>If the subject is "Whatever happened to Vlad in chapter seventeen? (Dzur 
>Spoiler)", then this will end up as "Re: [Dragaera] Whatever happened to 
>Vlad..." (or something like that) in at least some email readers (like 
>hotmail, which I'm using).
>Please word it as "(Dzur SPOILER) Whatever happened to Vlad in chapter 
>seventeen?" instead. :)
>
>Thank you.

Well, it goes without saying (at least, I thought it did) that subject 
lines should CONTAIN no spoilers.

Saying: "Darth Vader is Luke's Father! (Spoiler)" is kind of 
pointless--the damage is already done.

Majikjon