Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.

Willow ,'Storyteller'


Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job

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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le nubian - Jan 02, 2012 9:02:14 am PST #5095 of 6786
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

A bit of a side point, on an ipad, I use diigo browser to highlight spoiler text here and twop. It works really well (it allows you to highlight text on webpages - specifically for annotating, but clearly I use it for spoiler fonts).

Is there something like this for iphones and android devices?

On an iphone, I select the text of a post (or several posts) cut the text, then paste it in a notepad app.


§ ita § - Jan 02, 2012 9:05:20 am PST #5096 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I thought we literally had a thread to deal with this exact situation.

My point is that I don't think it's spoilery information, so it doesn't belong in a spoilery thread. Knowing that next week's Castle will have a guest star is not a spoiler, IMO. An episode title? Way different level of information, in that it *is* information. You go into spoilers lite, and you're also exposed to the information that recurring characters will be returning, dealt with precisely the same level of (not) protection. I don't think that George coming back and Enver appearing on GA are apples and apples. Not at all.

I think that most people aren't going to take the time to do an imdb search when they find out that [redacted because still spoilery] is going to be on Castle (my spoiler snafu)

Then I would suggest not posting about it if you don't want to check, in all honesty.

Vortex, can you spoiler out that recurring actor's information?

eta:

I select the text of a post (or several posts) cut the text, then paste it in a notepad app.

Whether or not you can do that on your smartphone depends on both your software and your hardware.


brenda m - Jan 02, 2012 9:05:53 am PST #5097 of 6786
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

If no character info is contained or reasonably inferred, I'm with ita. So Mark Sheppard slated for a spot on Leverage = spoiler. Mark Sheppard slated for a spot on Psych = public service announcement.


Stephanie - Jan 02, 2012 9:20:53 am PST #5098 of 6786
Trust my rage

ITA with ita and Brenda on this. Knowing that JM and Charisma Carpenter were on SPN spoiled nothing because they were totally new characters.

Eta: sorry to post and run


§ ita § - Jan 02, 2012 9:37:47 am PST #5099 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

However, right now, that is spoilery, so you should whitefont it.

I disagree with the rule, but we should follow it until (if) it is changed.


bon bon - Jan 02, 2012 10:01:51 am PST #5100 of 6786
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

I'd rather not know who is going to be on an upcoming show, and I think it's rational to have an overinclusive rule about guest stars, because it's easier to follow. I also don't understand the problem with using the spoilage lite thread -- it seems like ita in particular just has a problem with the mere idea that it counts as a spoiler. If no one else here thinks it's really a spoiler then fine, change the rule. But given that we already have a mechanism in place for people to find out who is going to be on an upcoming show, seems like a non-problem.


§ ita § - Jan 02, 2012 10:21:26 am PST #5101 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

it seems like ita in particular just has a problem with the mere idea that it counts as a spoiler

Didn't I say more than that? I think, that as Brenda so succinctly said--finding out Mark Sheppard is on Leverage next week is a very different thing from finding out he's on Psych. One's a spoiler for plot, one's not. To find it unwhitefonted, you have to risk finding out plot details for something that has no plot details, and if it is whitefonted, it becomes a hassle to read on rapidly proliferating mobile devices.

Obviously there are other people who think it's not spoilery. I'm surprised some people do (I really can't work out what you divine from it).

But, hey, that's what the mechanism's for.

Do I have seconds for the following proposition?

It will no longer be considered a spoiler to reveal guest stars in upcoming episodes of a new or existing show as long as the actor is new to the show.

The scope of this proposal does not include revealing any character or plot details about the role. Just the actor's name.

The rationale doesn't need to be in the proposal, I'll cheerily hash that out in Lightbulbs.


Amy - Jan 02, 2012 10:29:44 am PST #5102 of 6786
Because books.

I'll second that.


Anne W. - Jan 02, 2012 10:33:38 am PST #5103 of 6786
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

I'll second as well.


Jesse - Jan 02, 2012 10:35:02 am PST #5104 of 6786
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Sure.