ADMIN: the definition of a spoiler is about to get a whole lot simpler...

[bluesqueak]

No: HPFGUIDX 61161

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. Luckily, we haven't got 
much time left to be confused. ;-)

It's easy enough to work out what a spoiler is going to be after 
midnight on June 21. Absolutely *anything* in the book. And anything 
on the cover of the book, including the blurb and the cover art. And 
any news story which is based on the text of 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.

Remember, the New York Daily News is being sued, so *please* don't 
discuss any details from that spoiler here. The AOL/Amazon audio 
clip is a special case. That cannot be quoted, or transcribed. But 
discussing it still needs that 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