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Skriven 2007-06-05 11:33:12 av Dan Dassow (1687.babylon5)
  Kommentar till text 15267 av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (1680.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: A request - regarding TLT SPOILERS
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On Jun 4, 7:28 pm, Wesley Struebing <str...@carpedementem.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:30:07 GMT, Wendy of NJ <voxwo...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> >On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:52:24 +0200, Christophe Bachmann
> ><Chris_...@Compuserve.com> wrote:
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> >>John Duncan Yoyo a =E9crit :
> >>> On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:45:20 -0700, Jon Schild <j...@xmission.com>
> >>> wrote:
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> >>>> rob.oce...@gmail.com wrote:
> >>>>> On Jun 4, 2:04 am, Jon Schild <j...@xmission.com> wrote:
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> >>>>>> Moo wrote:
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> >>>>>>> Since B5:TLT doesn't come out in the UK until a good few months a=
fter
> >>>>>>> the USA, can everyone remember spoiler space etc?
> >>>>>> Obviously everyone can.  The question is whether everyone will.  My
> >>>>>> guess would be no.
>
> >>>>> Then thank goodness we have this moderated group then.
>
> >>>>> Mind you, I'm no fan of heavy handedness in these sorts of things b=
ut
> >>>>> for a month or two if someone behind the scenes is extra diligent in
> >>>>> weeding out spoilery content then I wouldn't mind.  Spoiler spaces =
are
> >>>>> one thing, but google groups has a knack for ignoring it and still
> >>>>> showing the meat of the message.  The wonders of technology, I supp=
ose.
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> >>>> OK then -- a note to benefit google groups users.  Make your spoiler
> >>>> space look something like
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> >>>> space
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> >>>> space
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> >>>> space
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> >>>> more
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> >>>> more
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> >>>> etc.  As long as the words are there, the space won't get squeezed o=
ut.
> >>>>  It's annoying, but it seems to work.
>
> >>> Another trick is to announce a spoiler before quoted material and use
> >>> a longish quote back as spoiler space.  Perhaps the best thing to do
> >>> is start labeled SPOILER threads that can be skipped by those in
> >>> deprived parts of the world.
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> >>Caution, Google Groups is very useful for reading old threads because it
> >>obfuscates quoted material and restores it only if one asks for it.
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> >>Evidently Google Groups is very annoying for reading new threads because
> >>it obfuscates quoted spoiler space and when one realise one should
> >>better have it, it's too late.
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> >>The only clear way of doing it is systematically labeling the object
> >>with a spoiler tag, and *not* forgetting to add it whan a thread drifts
> >>into spoiler topic, or when posting from Google groups who tends to
> >>loose quoted tags on the way.
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> >We've been doing that in another forum with Heroes spoilers (since
> >apparently in some markets like Australia, it's not over yet): we just
> >put a spoiler warning in the header.
>
> Indeed.  I see no reason why we can't use the word (in caps,
> preferably) "SPOILERS" in the subject line, close to if not the first
> word...
>
> That has worked in the past and should work now.
>
> Play nice, children!
>
> ;-)
>

In addition to using spoiler space and flagging the message with
"SPOILERS" in the subject line, I suggest we change the subject of
threads as appropriate (as I have done with this one). Since the TLT
series is a video release, I also suggest that we continue to post
SPOILER warnings one month after the worldwide release of a specific
video.

Dan Dassow
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