Okay, really, the policy is not about how spoiled a Buffista is allowed to get. And you're making it sound like it is.

It's not?

I mean, it's certainly about how spoiled a Buffista should get in the course of reading the non-spoiler topics on the board. That's why there's a spoiler policy at all, to define that. Right?

I suppose it wouldn't be as easy as re-purposing Angel Spoilage Lite?
Currently:
Spoilage Lite: Angel
[NAFDA] The place for casting and other vague spoilers for Angel.

Why not:
Spoilage Lite: Angel
[NAFDA] The place for whitefonted speculation, casting and other vague spoilers for Angel. (Place s before line to whitefont)

With whitefont for everything until the official announcements are made, or commercials start appearing.

Meanwhile, we can close or suspend Spoilage Lite: Buffy

This is an argument about what makes the most Buffistas happy, which can only be solved by voting...

...the other argument is whether this can actually be voted upon. Need to discuss argument two before one can happen. Keerect?

Okay, really, the policy is not about how spoiled a Buffista is allowed to get. And you're making it sound like it is.

No, but the spoiler policy does dictate how spoiled a Buffista will get if they go in a NAFDA thread. If the spoiler tolerance increases to include stuff like the WB cast list and announcement, etc, I'd get too spoiled for my own tolerance and would be unable to participate because my enjoyment of the show would decrease.

I've just caught up and thought I'd throw my .02 in.

I don't think I've ever caught a promo except the headless Lorne one, which really annoyed the crap out of me. I just don't watch enough or the wrong things, I guess (or the right amount/the right things). Until this board, I didn't know the names of the cast members (other than SMG and DB, maybe) and so my HSQ was not spoiled by credits. In fact, most of the time, the rolling credits is my time to do a last tuck into bed/get a drink of water/feed the cat/lock down the house prowl. I never thought they were important. It took me 2 days to figure out that the previous reference to JAR refers to the actor who plays Gunn. If I'm wrong, don't tell me.

However, the show is not as important to me, now, as this board, so I'd rather my enjoyment of the show be somewhat lessened than that a substantial population of this board whose posts I enjoy, have their enjoyment substantially lessened.

If this passes, I like Kristen's idea of the press announcements being the standard, since that's a clearly defined standard.

I like the idea of keeping this in show threads rather than just any NAFDA thread.

If another thread is started, it ought to include Spoiler Fic as well as talk about the show, but then I'd become a spoilerho just to read it.

Okay, really, the policy is not about how spoiled a Buffista is allowed to get. And you're making it sound like it is.

It's not?

The spoiler policy is about what we can post. Not about how spoiled we can get. If I want to go to spoiler sites or camp out in Joss's back yard, our spoiler policy doesn't actually dictate whether I can or can't.

Just because our spoiler policy says we can't post about something until it's been promoed doesn't mean that all the advance info we're allowed to know can be from the promo.

I'm just going to stand by Cindy and nod.

Just because our spoiler policy says we can't post about something until it's been promoed doesn't mean that all the advance info we're allowed to know can be from the promo.

Ah. No, of course not - misunderstanding on my part.

Daniel makes a lovely and sane point.

If the spoiler tolerance increases to include stuff like the WB cast list and announcement, etc, I'd get too spoiled for my own tolerance and would be unable to participate because my enjoyment of the show would decrease.

But until very recently it did include stuff like that, and more if I'm correct about the musical. What's happened is a decrease in tolerance without this kind of discussion.