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Tue Feb 28 02:21:28 PST 2006

What was the minor revelation?

On 2/27/06, Casey Rousseau <casey at the-bat.net> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>