Wasn't there a policy last time about not making spoiler images into icons until after a certain amount of time had passed?

 

How possible/realistic is it?

 

I certainly see your point - while my attitude towards spoilers in Saga is that it should be very much 'enter at your own risk', for the reasons I've stated in the current policy (i.e. certain spoilers may be relevant), I really don't want to exclude those users trying to go spoiler-free who still want to discuss, say, the Rinzler ROTJ book, the Dark Horse adaptation of 'The Star Wars' or simply post in the 'Favourite SW character' thread.

For the time being, I think the current rules I've posted should work in principle. I'd rather not have to hamstring any discussions by forcing users to post large slabs of text in black highlight, hence why I think simply mentioning spoilers in thread titles or at the start of a post is the best approach - for now.

The test will be when actual spoilers start coming to light. When that happens, there's going to be loads more traffic, and the real issue of spoilers in Saga and all the other forums will become apparent. If some clowns decide to spam the Saga forum with spoiler details in the thread titles, they'll be edited/warned/banned for being a nuisance, but not for violating a non-existent spoiler policy.
On the other hand, I don't want to come down too hard on new users making innocent mistakes - much less long-term users who might let something slip. I've decided not to post in 7NSA for that very reason, unless it's moderator business.

If it becomes a serious issue, it'll be time for another discussion, and I'll do what I can to keep the peace.

 

I can't see why Saga shouldn't be able to use the rules we had in Lit long ago, where you never gave any spoilers in the title, and either had to tag a thread as having spoilers or hide the text (which is easy now with the spoiler markup code) inside a thread if it is relevant to the discussion. If the amount of spoiler information became overwhelming in a thread not specifically marked then the mods either tag the thread as a spoiler thread, or ask the posters to refrain from spoilers and create a second thread if they want to keep discussing spoiler based info (based upon what is the current overall trend of the thread).

 

Thanks guys for fixing the issue in the OP.

 

Fortunately there will be enough traffic in the Rebels forum in late 2014/early 2015 to keep me busy and away from Spoiler threads.

 

Already added to the forum rules, and that will be something I'll be enforcing, as opposed to just requesting it as a courtesy. And yes, if a thread does become quite full of spoilers I'll tag the thread if it isn't already.

I imagine the only threads that will become really jam-packed with spoilers in Saga will be the old 'Historical' Sequel Trilogy thread and similar ones about the changing structures of the SW Saga and the like. Most likely anything else will end up redirected over to 7SA if it becomes too focused on Episode VII & ST stuff, much as I send threads to EUC or Lit if they end up being just about the EU.

 

There's a first time for everything...

 

I'd have to go back, way back

Can't remember if it was only when they were officially released or not.

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I remember the first "official" image of General Grievous was on the cover of one of the novels (Boba Fett: A New Threat), April 2004 -- over a year before ROTS. There was some debate surrounding the avatar issue with that one, since it was definitely a spoiler. Heck, at the time even the spoiler fans barely new who/what Grievous was supposed to be -- the cover was released months in advance and the Genndy Tartakovsky TCW episode featuring the good general hadn't even aired yet! Even Hyperspace hadn't revealed the "official" Grievous design.

I don't remember what was ultimately decided back then. But it's something to consider for the spoiler-wary: the EU might try to cash in on the ST wave early and start publishing stuff featuring brand new ST characters long before the movies hit the theaters.

 

Avatars? What are these people not going to turn on their TV's, or go out of their houses until December 2015?

If someone is that concerned about avoiding spoilers maybe they should just stop coming here until the film comes out. If an new film character ends up on the cover of a book and I want to use that as my avatar, I say tough luck to those who would consider that a spoiler.

Since I won't be in the NSA I don't see why there would be a problem anyway. If people want to venture beyond there they do so at their own risk. No need to remake the wheel here.

 

There's really only two routes you can go on the avatar question, and it's either you ban them outright, in all sections, and delete the avatars of violators, or you make access to NSA conditional on their not being used, with the caveat that you leave NSA and check avatars at your own risk. I really don't like the former.

That said, you should be able to block avatars entirely using most adblocking software via prohibiting <div class="avatarHolder">.

 

Not what I said. If someone is going to get upset and scream "spoiler" because someone puts an image of the teaser poster as their avatar, that is really extreme. Or if they are going to get upset because someone changes their avatar to a picture of Luke Skywalker from a lead in novel cover - lets just say common sense needs to apply. If people are that sensetive to the situation that isn't the fault of anyone else.

Where do you draw the line though? If episodes of Rebel's contains potential spoilers for Epiosde 7 does the TV forum have to label the discussion thread for each Episode 'Episode 7 Spoilers' just incase? Or should people trying to avoid spoilers take some responsibility to themselves?

Now the talk is about telling people what they can and can not use on their own user profiles, which is getting a tad more personal. So long as someone isn't breaking the TOS I don't see why everyone needs to be so worried about spoiling someone, in even the smallest way, with thier own user profile. A little bit of courtesy involving Episode 7 spoilers for you folks that don't wish to be spoiled would be awesome. You have your own forum, several forums will enforce the "Ep 7 Spoilers" in their thread titles, and the EP 7 Spoiler forum topics aren't visible without actually entering the forum. All good things.

All I'm asking is that those who don't want to be spoiled exercise some common sense and caution in how they interact with the areas of the forum where spoilers are allowed or may be present. Don't go into the Disney take over discussion in Lit and then be surprised their are spoilers there just because it doesn't have a spolier tag in the thread title.

 

I just realized that the original issue of this thread is still present on this page. Somebody might wanna look into fixing that.