Ike Porter wrote: > Apologies for losing the correct attribution... > > > Now that "first US publication" has a new definition or definitions > > (it isn't published all at one time), the rules should be revisited. > > I vote for clarifying the rules to be "first printed publication". > > I would like to put for an ammendment which would define the rules as > stating "first paperback publication" to accomodate us poor folk... At this time, there are no explicit mention of spoilers in the list rules: http://dragaera.info/mailinglists/dragaera-list/rules.html Now, I'd argue that the list rule calling for civility includes spoiler warnings implicitly, but ... As a matter of practice, spoiler warnings have been considered excessive only when applied to those books which have been released in paperback for some time with the exception of the major and minor revelations of Orca and the major revelation of Issola. Courtesy, as Teldra reminds us, lies in doing that which is appropriate. Casey