ADMIN: Err... what's a spoiler?

[bluesqueak]

No: HPFGUIDX 60340

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. Especially after the 
release of the AOL snippet. 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.

And remember - the AOL/Amazon audio clip is just that - audio. 
*Don't* transcribe or quote it, please; we don't have permission to 
transcribe it, just to listen to it. 

After you've listened to it, you can then discuss it. If you've been 
paying attention in Sybil Trewlawney's classes, you will be able to 
discuss it *before* you've listened to it. But in whichever order 
you take it, use the OOP: prefix.

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

The Administration Team