Forum:CT Archive/Spoiler policy -- new one needed ?

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I'm fairly new here (though I have contributed a number of small articles) so bear with me if this has all ready been discussed to death.

It seems to me that there needs to be a change to the spoiler policy on the site. The latest info from Betrayal has prompted me to post this. It seems like it goes much too far much too early. I don't think a spoiler tag above certain info is really good enough. Not for information from a book which isn't even officially released yet. The bigger problem is that the "Dramatis Personae" section posted on the site's description of the book has a character's name with a link. When you click on that link, it redirects you and you then suddenly learn the true identity of that character, a fact which seems to be a surprise revelation in the book. Yes, maybe this link shouldn't be followed unless spoilers are wanted, but it just seems like one can far too casually ruin plot surprises for themselves.

I guess I would propose limits to how soon plot information can be posted. I realize this site isn't as tightly moderated as some sites by design, but this seems necessary to me. Maybe specific limits like, new comic book plot information cannot be added until two weeks after the a comic is released, and new information from a novel cannot be posted for a month after release.

Another reason to make this change would be potential bad reactions from Lucasfilm. When entire plots from not-yet-released materials are revealed in advance, a publisher could get upset.

Thoughts on this? Anyone want to back me up here?--JMM 14:09, 22 May 2006 (UTC)