They were a part of the proposal, though. People who were talking in the voting thread seemed to be people who did not read the comics and were afraid of spoilers, so the policy that was voted on (which I am not sure is the right one) was that people should whitefont things from the comics that haven't yet taken place on the show.

And that's the part I want us to hammer out, because a: it's pointless if it's just that one thread, as I know some of us talk about comics at random in random places; and b: the notion of spoilerfonting for things that in some cases came out decades ago is just ridiculous to me.

Especially when some of them were in the mainstream press at the time.

And some just sucked and should be complained about often.

And none of them will happen on screen the way they did in the books.

I think it needs to go up and be opened as is and a new proposal opened on spoiler policy in general. However, I don't have time to shepherd that proposal. And I don't know if that would be against the rule we made about not voting on the same thing for a certain amount of time after the vote.

Also, I swear there is a How to voting page that I wrote somewhere on our site, but it doesn't seem to be linked anywhere. I get nervous being the original proposer, and I can't even remember the rules right anymore.

Also, I the intention of the comic spoiler policy was really hard to word (and probably harder since I don't do comics). I think what people want white fonted is the stuff that has to do with the current story. So, for example, I am not finished with Daredevil and I have never read the comics. What I would not want is IF the Daredevil story was clearly based on a specific comic, and you could tell where it was going by reading the coming, I wouldn't want to know that, say, the story ends with Karen, Foggy, and Matt dead! But if the story on the teevee is clearly varying from the comic, I don't care. So it is more of a judgement thing, but I was not sure how to word that.

I am also wondering if we should extend the discussion/voting period now that more of us are here less. I was really looking for this kind of discussion on the voting thread, but a) I wasn't as available to ask questions earlier and b) People were not on it as much as when I proposed in the past. I really believe in the proposer crafting the vote after careful consideration of the discussion, and I feel like there was a perspective of people who actually read and discuss comments left out a bit.

I was out of the country, or else I'd have raised it then. Poor timing on my part.

Also, I the intention of the comic spoiler policy was really hard to word (and probably harder since I don't do comics). I think what people want white fonted is the stuff that has to do with the current story. So, for example, I am not finished with Daredevil and I have never read the comics. What I would not want is IF the Daredevil story was clearly based on a specific comic, and you could tell where it was going by reading the coming, I wouldn't want to know that, say, the story ends with Karen, Foggy, and Matt dead! But if the story on the teevee is clearly varying from the comic, I don't care. So it is more of a judgement thing, but I was not sure how to word that.

And that's the problem, right? Even the things based on a specific comic are only loosely based, because the world and world building is different. Sometimes, you keep iconic scenes like "Who the hell is Bucky?" but the context is different. Civil War is going to be massively different in the MCU than it was in the comics, because the events that triggered it in the comics are impossible in the MCU.

It might be more of an issue with streaming than with movies, but still doesn't address how to handle it, if at all, outside of the MCU thread.

Just popping in to add my YES PLEASE to "Infinite Chrises" for the thread title.

And FWIW, I don't mind comics spoilers, because they usually don't really spoil anything in the MCU. I also don't mind whitefont everywhere, so.

I am thinking that we are all good people with discretion we trust each other-- we don't have a lot of newcomers-- perhaps the comics policy should be that people discussing comics should use their discretion to not spoil people who do not read the comics? Which is sort of what we do anyway?

I don't feel strongly about the comics-as-spoiler question at all, but Sophia sums up what I do want, I think.

It's not a bright line, but the issue is not exactly a problem that needs solving. Muddling through has been fine so far.

So in Other Media, the policy is:

Please use spoiler font for new releases until after the weekend following release.

I would be fine making this a blanket spoiler policy for the board regarding comics.

I feel like board culture mostly leans towards spoilerfonting upcoming HSQ moments so that the comically inclined can watch the non-readers capslock in amazement, but I don't think we need to codify that.

I don't feel a burning need to address comics differently than we have been. As someone who doesn't follow comics much I tend to find the bits of discussion I've paid attention to more informative than spoilery. My $ .02.