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 > >