AARRRGGGHHHH! What are the two policies for spoilers???

Dammit, Paperpusher!

Why didn't you have DESCRIPTIONS of the spoiler policies in your voting booth????

Now I don't know what the hell I'm voting for!

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[email] (Michelle Klein-Hass) wrote:

Well, I could just make a sarcastic observation about how I managed to make the voting as similar to voting in America as possible-- uninformed people making choices based only on the knowledge about the people, and not the issues, but that wouldn't be nice. <g>

I'm sorry, I just assumed that everyone else had a newsreader like Agent-- where you can just jump back to the prior thread and read the proposals. I forgot that DejaNews eats the previous posts if you use it to follow the newsgroup. (And I'll also admit to being lazy when I set up the voting thingy-- it was late, I was tired, and I didn't feel like trying to find the text in agent-- sorry about that-- I'll never do it again.) Fortunately, though, Happydude and Martin have bailed me out. *whew!*

rich.

Helen: Bureaucracy is the price we pay for impartiality.

Jake: Jefferson!

Helen: Stalin.

In article , [email] wrote:

I read newsgroups using Newswatcher on my Mac...I prefer it to Agent on my PC because of the fact that it DOESN'T save articles.

Thankfully Padre Martin's suggestion, which is what I voted for, is the most rational of the two.

Anyway, to complicate things further, Episode 1 of the new season has the production number #307. It was initially intended as the first episode of the Summer bloc, but was moved up to Season Premiere because several people from MTV thought it would be appropriate. This is information directly from Glenn.

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Booooooo! :(

Jeg7777 wrote:

Ah, cheer up.. I voted for you, at least, it seemed the simpler of the two. People are just going to do what they want anyways, though... so the shorter and the less restrictive the better.

--J.

In article ,

I found that unusual, too. I didn't even vote for one because my attention span wasn't long enough to read the two proposals in the first place and am too lazy to go back looking for them now ;) I would vote for the one that had something to do with putting '#3xx' in the subject and some spoiler space, but I don't know which one it is (or if it's even one of them!) I was probably going to do what I wanted regarding spoilers anyway, not beacause I'm inconsiderate- just because I'm stubborn :)

Mike Quinn I can be reached through e-mail at: [email]

Michelle Klein-Hass wrote:

Just guess. It's what I'd do if I was going to vote, anyway. I probably should vote, only I can't be bothered, sorry. :) I barely have the energy to type right now, think i'll just crawl back into bed....

Michelle Klein-Hass wrote in message ...

Joes's proposal appeared in http://www.dejanews.com/[ST_rn=qs]/getdoc.xp?AN=441223411

My proposal appeared in http://www.dejanews.com/[ST_rn=qs]/getdoc.xp?AN=441302449

With a rationale for some of the points in my proposal in http://www.dejanews.com/[ST_rn=qs]/getdoc.xp?AN=441446940

HTH.

Martin.

Martin Sylvester wrote:

The links don't work.

On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:21:48 +0000, "endless, nameless" wrote:

Joe's proposal: And I think that "Season 3-Spoilers" in the subject line, and some blank lines preceding the post, is enough, so that's my nomination.

Martin's proposal:
(1) Your subject header should contain a warning in one of these
formats:
    (Series 3 Spoiler)
    (s3 Spoiler)
OR should contain the episode number in the #3NN format, for example:
    #301
   if you don't know the episode number, you can use:
    #3??

AND

(2) The word "Spoiler!" and forty lines of space should precede any material within the post that may spoil the enjoyment of an episode for anyone who has yet to see it.

(3) A post which contains general discussion as well as material that may spoil an episode need not include a warning in the subject header, if, and only if, the general discussion comes first, followed by a warning (such as "Spoiler: #301) and forty lines of spoiler space before the material that may spoil an episode.

endless, nameless wrote in message ...

Oh, poo. Let me check.

They did for me. I'm using Outlook Express, which got confused when it got to the [ symbol, so I had to highlight the whole link, copy it, and paste it into the browser. Might work for you, too.

Martin.

Martin Sylvester wrote:

Ah yes, that works, thanks. I already voted, though, so my trying it out was kind of a waste of energy, which is something I'm lacking right now and can't really afford to waste...and now I'm babbling and wasting even more energy....nevermind.... <g>

Make it easy on yourself, just vote for my choice!