There's a link on the LJ portal to a spoiler discussion community.
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A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
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Dana - Jul 18, 2007 9:39:43 am PDT #49 of 6785
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Jon B. - Jul 18, 2007 9:44:23 am PDT #50 of 6785
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
And, were the Atlantic Canadians called spoily
I think we're getting bogged down in semantics. Let's call them shmoilers. Whatever you want to call them, they are something that people coming into the bookclub thread might not want to see. I didn't realize that shmoilers would be discussed in this consensed thread, and apparently others didn't either. So, like ita said, we better make damn sure that's clear.
Jon B. - Jul 18, 2007 9:46:01 am PDT #51 of 6785
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Thinking some more, why not use the spoilers thread until Friday night, and then open up the Bookclub then?
Polter-Cow - Jul 18, 2007 9:48:58 am PDT #52 of 6785
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Well, I don't know whether TV spoilerwhores and HP spoilerwhores completely overlap (or are inclusive of one another). Where's the Venn diagram?
Frankenbuddha - Jul 18, 2007 9:49:50 am PDT #53 of 6785
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think people should also be aware that spoilers from the end of the book may be under discussion in the thread from point of opening (even it doesn't open until Friday) as they may be coming in to do some sort of read and post and get a nasty surprise.
Jessica - Jul 18, 2007 9:53:01 am PDT #54 of 6785
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I don't mind having HP7 spoilers in the spoiler thread, but I don't think spoilers should be put anywhere people might already be subscribed to without a vote.
OTOH, there's a good chance this conversation will last past midnight Friday at which it will be a moot point anyway, right?
Liese S. - Jul 18, 2007 9:55:08 am PDT #55 of 6785
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I'd really be happier if we didn't open a spoily thread before release date. I dunno. I think this is pretty much the biggest you could be spoiled and a lot of people are really invested in this series.
Even if you mark it on the slug or description, etc., people reading via read new won't see it necessary.
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2007 10:09:26 am PDT #56 of 6785
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, I thought you meant discussion had started here.
I'm of the mind that we open the thread when the book goes on sale on the East Coast. If you have a burning need to discuss it before then, Nutty and SA can show you where. Let's not startle any readers not in this thread.
sumi - Jul 18, 2007 10:10:37 am PDT #57 of 6785
Art Crawl!!!
Midnight, the 21st East Coast time?
That sounds good to me.
shrift - Jul 18, 2007 10:17:52 am PDT #58 of 6785
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
When I expressed my contentment with discussing HP7 in the Book Club thread, I didn't think that meant we were going to open it up for spoilers early. The rest of the internet is making me curmudgeonly about spoilers.