Personally, I'd feel fine about it, but I think that allowing "lite" spoilers in the NAFDA threads would be a pretty drastic change in culture. Traditionally, b.org has been a very spoiler-safe place. Now that we're post-Jossverse, I don't know how important that is anymore, but it's something to consider.

As an eLITEist I'd have no problem, but as a member of the general group, I don't think it should be there.

Actually, I was just coming to scratch the Natter part, since I think ita is right, after thinking it through.

For the people who want the Lite Land material, if it was clear from the thread rules that heavier spoilers would be whitefonted, and everyone in thread tried to enforce the rules via themselves and the occasional stompyage, would that work?

Speaking only for Natter, I don't think it should be there.

Being sensitive to the spoiler safe culture here it seems we already do discuss Lite spoils in Natter. Statements like, OMG did you see that John Kerry and George Bush have guest shots on WW this week. Rumor has it that they will mud wrestle. OK, maybe not that specific, but certainly we discuss casting of many shows in Natter.

For the people who want the Lite Land material, if it was clear from the thread rules that heavier spoilers would be whitefonted, and everyone in thread tried to enforce the rules via themselves and the occasional stompyage, would that work?

I'm not trying to be a pain in the ass, but a Lite thread like that would essentially lose its whitefont, and the ability to "choose your poison" without risking total spoilage. It may seem like melodramatic hair-splitting, but one fatal spoil and, for some of us, countless episodes can be ruined.

And you're trying to cater to two separate audiences (albeit with some overlap) with one thread. It's just like asking the Lost denizens if they would mind if the Alias fans used their thread for discussion, but completely whitefonted.

At the end of the day, if that's what people want, cool. But I'm honestly never going to venture into a thread with whitefonted hard core spoilers. (I hope I'm not coming off as stubborn and selfish, I'm just trying to be honest.)

Lite thread like that would essentially lose its whitefont

Why?

Because you couldn't whitefont spoiler Lite and expect your Lite-only pals to read it and discuss, and conversely, you couldn't indiscriminately highlight whitefont without risking major spoilage. Yes, you could labor to clearly mark each whitefont as "Lite spoiler with some tv guide info," or "heavy, irreversibly damaging spoiler bomb" but I don't think that's very practical. And in the end, one person fails to do it right, and regardless of post-facto stompy correction, you've been spoiled.

Yeah, no poll. It was useful for the other recent proposal since it validated the interest in a Lost thread. Here we just need an up and down vote.

I can see that. You can't have an up and down vote on something that contains two issues, though. A vote on whitefont-free spoilers in the general thread is concrete enough to vote on.

Then later, if still needed, a vote on issues related to the whitefont policy of some other thread.

you couldn't whitefont spoiler Lite and expect your Lite-only pals to read it and discuss

I believe we learn a number of ways of communicating, and although non bar full disclosure are without threat of error, I am convinced you can. You're saying you won't (or eventually won't), which is quite different.

From my naive point of view, noting something like

[Charmed, lite] Jane Seymour will be appearing in a three episode arc.

[charmed, lite] Dude, isn't she dead?

is quite possible. I even think it practical. I think it's important to distinguish one from the other.

...is quite possible. I even think it practical. I think it's important to distinguish one from the other.

Exactly. I don't equate possible with practical. (Not that you necessarily do either, but your example merely asserts that labeling is possible, and fails to demonstrate its practicality.) And we disagree about the practical application of clearly labeled headers to every whitefont. Not to mention varying levels of spoiler lite, and the potential harm if the labeling isn't done right.