Or in particular, say "The latest book - which currently is _Sethra Lavode_, even when the latest book's spoilers are not major plot twists". I really see 1½ spoilers in Dragaerian novels, and neither is in the Viscount of Adrilanka series, so the guidelines need to be better defined. Charles Sumner wrote: >At 12:57 PM 5/25/2006 -0700, Jon wrote: >>[re: adding spoiler warnings] This most notably concerns certain facts >>revealed late in _Orca_, and many of the later events in _Issola_ and _The >>Viscount of Adrilankha_. > >Given your other comments, I'd recommend changing _The Viscount of >Adrilankha_ to _Sethra Lavode_ because 1) that's where the meat of the >spoilable things are and 2) since there's no specific book titled _The >Viscount of Adrilankha_ it might help avoid some confusion from new >readers. You could also list it as "_Sethra Lavode_ (aka volume three of >_The Viscount of Adrilankha_)" if you wanted to keep the TVoA reference. > >>When writing a message marked with a spoiler warning, in cases where the >>spoiler itself would normally occur very early in the text of the message, >>it is a good idea to provide several blank lines (15-20 is usually a good >>number) > >I agree with the other folks who thought this should read something like >"...several blank lines, 17 is a popular number." > >Charley > > >"In my fantasy world, we have pie." >Satchel Pooch - "Get Fuzzy" > > > > > >