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Somebody remind me.
Post by Larry   » Fri Oct 09, 2015 5:52 pm

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I'm assuming that, as books are starting to come out on a piecemeal basis and some folks are going to get them ahead of others and some folks wont want the suspense ruined, we have at least some minimum wait time here, as a matter of good taste, before SNERKS and SPOILS are posted for a new writing? Would someone refresh me on the policy if and as such exist.

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Re: Somebody remind me.
Post by Randomiser   » Fri Oct 09, 2015 6:59 pm

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Larry wrote:I'm assuming that, as books are starting to come out on a piecemeal basis and some folks are going to get them ahead of others and some folks wont want the suspense ruined, we have at least some minimum wait time here, as a matter of good taste, before SNERKS and SPOILS are posted for a new writing? Would someone refresh me on the policy if and as such exist.

Cheers;

Larry


See Forum Rules and Information the top thread in the Forum

but basically
Duckk wrote:Snerks/Spoilers
- Snerks/snerking is revealing contents of upcoming books before it is released. Spoilers is revealing contents of books which have been released.
- For specific content on a book that has yet to be released, or for a book that has been released in paper format (either hardcover or softcover, whichever is first) for less than a month, all discussion topics shall have in the topic title "SPOILERS" somewhere in it. I'm not expecting people to figure out exactly when a month is up, but just keep it in mind before you can drop the SPOILER warning. By specific content I am including the snippets Eric Flint provides on his website (and is usually crossposted to the Bar and here).
- Any speculative topics and and topics concerning books that have been out for more than 1 month will not be required to have anything in their topic titles.
- Unmarked spoilers can be reported to the moderator for remedial action.
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Re: Somebody remind me.
Post by Keith_w   » Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:00 pm

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Duckk wrote:Snerks/Spoilers
- Snerks/snerking is revealing contents of upcoming books before it is released. Spoilers is revealing contents of books which have been released.
- For specific content on a book that has yet to be released, or for a book that has been released in paper format (either hardcover or softcover, whichever is first) for less than a month, all discussion topics shall have in the topic title "SPOILERS" somewhere in it. I'm not expecting people to figure out exactly when a month is up, but just keep it in mind before you can drop the SPOILER warning. By specific content I am including the snippets Eric Flint provides on his website (and is usually crossposted to the Bar and here).
- Any speculative topics and and topics concerning books that have been out for more than 1 month will not be required to have anything in their topic titles.
- Unmarked spoilers can be reported to the moderator for remedial action.



So is that month based on the official date of publication or the date I got my hot little hands on it?
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Re: Somebody remind me.
Post by Weird Harold   » Fri Oct 09, 2015 10:13 pm

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Keith_w wrote:So is that month based on the official date of publication or the date I got my hot little hands on it?


For consistency's sake, I'd suggest 13 Nov 2015 as the Spoiler cutoff date.
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Re: Somebody remind me.
Post by Henry Brown   » Sat Oct 10, 2015 12:52 pm

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So essentially, if the entire thread is marked as a "spoiler" you don't have to include a spoiler warning in each individual post. But if you are within a normal thread and your post references HFQ then you need to start your post with a spoiler warning. Is this correct?
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Re: Somebody remind me.
Post by Weird Harold   » Sat Oct 10, 2015 1:26 pm

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Henry Brown wrote:So essentially, if the entire thread is marked as a "spoiler" you don't have to include a spoiler warning in each individual post. But if you are within a normal thread and your post references HFQ then you need to start your post with a spoiler warning. Is this correct?


Essentially correct. But...

When in doubt add a spoiler tag.
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