I think you may be overthinking this one.
Except for the part where I don't know if the rest of the casting news I know qualifies for discussion or not. How is that overthinking?
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§ ita § - Jul 25, 2003 12:50:46 pm PDT #2017 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Jul 25, 2003 12:53:31 pm PDT #2018 of 10289
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"Officially published by the network."
Yes please.
Katie M - Jul 25, 2003 12:54:01 pm PDT #2019 of 10289
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Wouldn't that be a *major* change to our spoiler policy? So far, interviews with spoily info are noted as such, at least in Spoilage Lite, which is the only place I'm willing to tread for spoiler confirmation.
Well, but it's only for a) changes in the regular cast that b) are announced between-seasons.
So we could still have discussed Giles' departure, since that was officially announced over the summer, but we couldn't have discussed Angel's until after Graduation Day... oh wait. Never mind, that's not true, different example. We couldn't have discussed Riley's departure until after Into the Woods aired, because that wasn't officially announced over the summer.
Trudy Booth - Jul 25, 2003 12:54:44 pm PDT #2020 of 10289
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
"officially published by the netword or the production company".
What, in the WB Times? It isn't clear at all.
"That was an un-named source" "That was from a fansite!" etc. And we'd already be spoiled.
I personally like the promo limitation because it's so clear and easy to follow, you know? There's no grey area. Promo has been shown including X fact or it hasn't. Plus, it's the rule I "grew up with" when I went spoilerfree after S4 Buffy, so it's what I'm used to.
Yes. This.
Forget about the anit-spoiler drift etc. If we give up this as a policy a bunch of people are going to have to unsub massively.
Burrell - Jul 25, 2003 12:55:33 pm PDT #2021 of 10289
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Except for the part where I don't know if the rest of the casting news I know qualifies for discussion or not. How is that overthinking?
Okay, if it were me? I would just decide that, if I can't decide, it's still too spoilery. I would assume most of us would come to the same conclusion. Granted, I'm making assumptions here, but so are you. It's just you seem to assume that this proposal would lead to major spoiler leakage and I'm not convinced it will.
Trudy Booth - Jul 25, 2003 12:57:58 pm PDT #2022 of 10289
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Granted, I'm making assumptions here
That's the essence of the problem. "Aired in show or promo" doesn't have this problem.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 25, 2003 12:59:01 pm PDT #2023 of 10289
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
"Officially published by the network."
I think that is a really big change. I would further amend that to "In the summer hiatus"
§ ita § - Jul 25, 2003 12:59:18 pm PDT #2024 of 10289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's just you seem to assume that this proposal would lead to major spoiler leakage and I'm not convinced it will.
No, I'm not.
I just think that we may have 15 people with 20 different assumptions about what counts, and how to work out what counts.
I'm trying to narrow it down to two or three. Which are "don't say anything about it, then", "ask Plei", and "use GoogleNews".
I think the first one is weird, since .. why not? I don't cruise network release spots -- there's pretty much no way in my day to day I'd find out. Second one -- pretty clear. Third one -- there'll probably be spoilage of the person searching.
But since not everyone here even agrees on what "wide" is .. it's obvious it's not obvious.
Sean K - Jul 25, 2003 12:59:53 pm PDT #2025 of 10289
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
"Officially published by the network."
Check me on this, but I would read this as not including interviews, so that Joss talking about it all summer does not allow us to talk about it, but ads, posters, promos, and radio spots do allow us to talk about it.
If that is the case, that definition would have very specific repercussions on which of the upcoming AtS casting changes we can talk about.
I'm happy with this definition. And it makes it as specifically quantifiable factor as "on air promo" so we don't have to deal with anything vague like "widely known."
Trudy Booth - Jul 25, 2003 1:06:18 pm PDT #2026 of 10289
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
HOW would "officially published by the network" be determined?
I'm telling you, it's a logistical nightmare.
And if the website is included that means Tim shouldn't have been upset about Lorne's head on a platter. Silly Tim!