ADMIN: Errr... sorry, what's a 'spoiler'?

[bluesqueak]

No: HPFGUIDX 60046

It is coming to the attention of the Admin team that there is some 
confusion over what is a pre-OOP 'spoiler'.

Mainly, it's come to our attention because our little administrative 
brains are themselves becoming confused. It's easy enough to work 
out what a spoiler is going to be after June 21. Absolutely 
*anything* in the book. But what is a spoiler *before* publication?


A pre-publication spoiler is: anything you KNOW will be in Book 5. 
Not as in 'I saw it in a dream'; more 'I saw it in the Scholastic 
catalog/ on the cover art / on the press release.'
 

Anything that you THINK will be in OOP is fair game. We've been 
speculating about what we THINK will be in OOP for the last couple 
of years, after all...

So, if you KNOW that parts of your post include information that 
will be in OoP, you need the OOP: prefix. 

If you know parts of your post include information that is currently 
the subject of legal action, you need a lawyer. Not posting is 
likely to be a good decision in these cases (especially since we'll 
have to delete any post which may be in contempt of court).

And if you don't use the OOP: prefix, don't be surprised if you 
suddenly find yourself being hung upside down over the Slytherin 
Common Room fire. ;-)

The Administration Team