'Conviction (1)'
We open it up, we talks the talk, we votes, we shuts it down. This thread is to free up Bureaucracy for daily details as we hammer out the Big Issues towards a vote. Open only when a proposal has been made and seconded according to Buffista policy (Which we voted on!). If this thread is closed, hie thee to Bureaucracy instead!
How about this:
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 not playing an existing character. The responsibility lies on the poster to verify this information before posting.
The scope of this proposal does not include revealing any character or plot details about the role, just the actor's name.
"The Belzer Exception" would be a pretty good name for a band.
Also, I support this proposal.
With the once-again lack of opinion regarding the proposal at hand (due to hardly any tv time at all, let alone current-abroad-tv-time), the only way I can take part in the civic process will be once again limited to counting the votes, if that's OK.
I've penciled you in as vote counter, Nilly. Thanks!
ita: Can you make sure votes@... goes to Nilly?
Done. Does anyone have any other suggestions about wording, etc?
I would say "a previously existing character" but that may only matter to me.
No problem.
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 not playing a previously existing character. The responsibility lies on the poster to verify this information before posting.
The scope of this proposal does not include revealing any character or plot details about the role, just the actor's name.
What happens if a guest star is coming back as a different character?
My point is that new characters aren't spoilers anymore. I don't care who the actor is, just that it's not character and therefore plot information.
I'm not sure a "different character" exception works.
To be more concrete, let's say Gareth David-Lloyd does a guest spot on a new season of Torchwood. (For the record, I have no reason to believe that's going to happen. But anyway.) It would be too easy to conclude that Ianto is back somehow (do we really believe death has to be permanent in the Torchwood-verse?), or he's playing a twin/brother/cousin of Ianto, or his character gets mistaken for Ianto. Any one of those possibilities would be a big plot point.
Well, the last could be done as a throwaway shout-out to past seasons. But still....