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Selkie
If you came here it means you like to be spoiled (to know beforehand what happens in a show or movie).... grin.gif

HOWEVER, not everyone does wink.gif , so please please please innocent.gif add spoiler tags before you post about anything that will happen in any TV series or movie.

To add spoiler tags:

[*spoiler] The spoiler [/spoiler*] (remove the *s ) It will show as this: Something you are just dying to tell people but that not everyone wants to know.

Thanks so much!

Selkie and the folks who want to be surprised by what is going to happen in their favorite shows or in movies wink.gif
I_S
Selkie, can you explain me, what you understand as a spoiler. E.g. if episode aired in USA can we are it of wide speculation? Notwithstanding the fact that in other countries its still nobody saw...

About that video. Nobody has said, that there was whom I have thought, it does not open a intrigue because in official sources says that the character appear in serial. Therefore I thought that’s no spoiler, I think that you confuse advertising (to draw the attention of viewers) and spoilers (simple disclosing of a plot)
Selkie
No, you see, honey, I'm not confusing anything. The thing is, it's hard to define what a spoiler is in this globalized world we live in, so in general terms, we define a spoiler as something (especially something revealing of plot or character development) that hasn't aired in either an episode or a promo in the United States. That doesn't mean that people all over the world won't be spoiled if they come here and read the discussions, but this is a mainly US-based site. I know, I know, not fair, yadda yadda yadda, just remember I myself don't live in the States either, so...

Now that's where something crucial lies: consideration for the other posters. If something is treated as a spoiler and someone doesn't want to know, they won't be unpleasantly surprised by reading it by accident. Now, if someone wants to be spoiled, all they need to do is highlight it and read. No harm done to anyone. smile.gif

I say the consideration for others is the key because of the example below:

Let's say "The Sixth Sense" premiered two weeks before at your local theater. ( So it means that it's not a "new" movie anymore, in the sense that people had already seen it.) You are standing in line to get in and the people from the previous show are just leaving. All of a sudden you hear, "Damn, I never ever would have guessed that Bruce Willis's character was dead all along!"There goes your fun. Let's face it, you will still enjoy the movie, but 99% of the genius of that is that you don't know that he is indeed dead. So, someone mentioning that is not breaking any "rules" as spoilers go, but they, well, spoiled the fun for almost everyone.

I'm saying this because I myself ruined the first season of LOST for a dear dear friend of mine. I knew it as soon as Ian was told he was going to be killed off. I was so pissed that I went, "I just heard that Boone is the character getting killed off!" My friend just went, "Hmm, erm, and now the whole season is kinda ruined for me..."

So, all I'm asking is that people be considerate of other posters. I understand that a fan, who understandably scours the net for info, would be dying to tell what they found. But there are people who just might not want to know. And we have to respect that. wink.gif

My advice is... if you are in doubt, treat it as a spoiler. This way, if people want to know, they can. If they don't want to know, they won't be spoiled against their will.


Thanks for everyone's collaboration on this. smile.gif
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