Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
Current Stompy Feet: Jon B, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych, msbelle, shrift, Dana, Laura
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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.
Thinking some more, why not use the spoilers thread until Friday night, and then open up the Bookclub then?
Well, I don't know whether TV spoilerwhores and HP spoilerwhores completely overlap (or are inclusive of one another). Where's the Venn diagram?
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.
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?
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.
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.
Midnight, the 21st East Coast time?
That sounds good to me.
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.
What ita said. Given that we're bypassing our voting procedures on this one, I think it's important that we tread carefully and have a true consensus. Opening Bookclub Friday night at midnight EDT, would seem to be a good compromise on which we can all agree.