ADMIN: List Closure -- Change!

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 172170

The George was curiously quiet.  The lone wanderer noticed a bit of 
parchment fluttering on the door, affixed to the ancient planks by a 
kitchen knife.  It read:

"The very real threat of very real spoilers has scared the elves.  
Most of us have fled the scene.  The rest are going quietly (or not 
so quietly) mad from the extra work.  In an attempt to save our 
souls, we're shutting down the list.

See you on the flip side! :-D

Love,
The List Elves (what's left of us anyway)"

Voices seemed to whisper from the barrel and the rainspout.  The lone 
wanderer shivered and hurried away.

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Seriously, everyone, we have unfortunately reached the point where 
the list elves are so concerned about what is a spoiler, what might 
be a spoiler, what might not be a spoiler but looks like a spoiler... 
that we're tearing our hair out.  We're even concerned about 
rejecting pending messages which appear to be spoilers, only to have 
the information that we think something is a spoiler be a spoiler to 
the member who wrote it... you get the picture. <g>

And the bottom line is, we want HPfGU to be a fun and positive 
experience for all members.  We believe that we are now at the point 
where we need to shut the list down earlier than we had planned, in 
order to preserve that experience.

So... the vital information you'll need to know follows:

*The list will close down tonight, Thursday, July 19, at 11:59 pm BST 
(British Summer Time).  (This translates to 6:59 pm EDT, for 
instance; you might want to use http://www.timezoneconverter.com to 
calculate for your own time zone.)
*The list will reopen at 9:00 pm BST, Tuesday, July 24.
*The main HPfGU list will remain available for reading during this 
time, but new posts will not be accepted.
*Our sister lists (Off-Topic Chatter, Movie, etc.) will remain open 
to posting; however, they will be SPOILER-FREE ZONES.  Please comply 
with that policy!

There's still some time available, so launch those last-minute 
thoughts, everyone.  Just be sure to not 'SPOIL' [pun intended!] the 
fun for the whole group.

As always, if you have questions or comments about the list closing, 
spoilers or anything else, please email us at 
hpforgrownups-owner at yahoogroups.com 
hpforgrownups-owner@ yahoogroups.com [minus the space]
or bring it up at the Feedback group:  
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-Feedback/

Thanks!
The HPfGU List Elves