Spoiler Policy

[nkafkafi]

--- In HPFGU-Feedback at yahoogroups.com, "cat_kind" <cat_kind at y...> wrote:
> catkind: 
> I really don't like the idea of having spoiler warnings after July
> 16th.  I don't think anyone is going to be able to have a sensible
> discussion *in the middle* of reading the book without any spoilers at
> all. If people have for whatever reason not got around to starting the
> book, it seems likely they haven't got much time for discussion 
anyway.
> 

Neri:
Instead of deciding in advance when the spoiler policy will end, it is 
possible to simply decide not to decide, and end it according to the 
situation in the list. That is, once 90% of the posts will have a 
spoiler warning, it means the spoiler policy can be canceled.

For those 10% that still haven't read the book by then, it's possible 
to have a non-spoiler policy. That is, any message carrying the 
prefix "OOP:" means it is safe to read.

It is also possible to start both policies immediately after the 
publishing of HBP. That is, from July 16 *any* post must have in its 
title either the prefix HBP (any canon detail from HBP) or OOP (no 
canon detail from HBP). When members would encounter a message without 
any of these two warnings they will immediately know that this is a 
message that doesn't follow the spoiler policy, and therefore reading 
it is dangerous. It would also make it very easy for the list elves to 
identify these posts. Once the HBP posts are more than 90% of the total 
number of posts it is possible to cancel the HBP policy, but still 
leave the OOP policy on.

Neri