that is great, Aaron, thank you! NowQuote:
Spoiler threads may be begun in this forum where spoilers do not have to be marked, but must be marked as having spoilers in their titles
1. We might think of adding the same line to Spoiler Requirements in at least some other threads. For example, Turtleback: it would be pathetic to see such poem (extrait taken from CAN' Ka No Rey by CRinVA):
Of Susan Delgado of that you’d know
Spoiler:
But not the idiot savant Sheemie,
For Roland sought the Tower over thee
A gunslinger’s Ka, his destiny.
Through a glass palace the ka-tet must past
Back to End-world, was it Todash
But first a re-aquantance with the Tick Tock Man
Brought back to life by a man named Flagg
Twas a quick fight, the work of Gan.
I can’t remember if I cried
When I read aboutSpoiler:
And something touched me deep inside
The daySpoiler:So bye-bye, the Ka-tet of five.
Now, in Gilead, too, there may very well appear a poll on, for example, "Whose death was the saddest". Gilead would be the proper place for it (not all deaths took place in DT7), but it would be impossible to mark spoilers with the poll questions. Basing on TDT.net experience, I anticipate a great number of such threads, or loop-threads (not necessarily belonging to DT7, either) etc. So I'm afraid the number of the threads where this new rule applies should be higher.
2. We have to decide how to keep the number of such threads reasonable. Probably it should be left to moderator's discretion whether or not a thread should or shouldn't have ***spoilers*** in the title.
3. I am still not sure if it wouldn't be easier and more natural and logical to just spoiler-mark all Baronies' forums, rather than individual threads (I'm talking only about the Baronies now, since elsewhere it is hardly applicable or needed) the way I suggested in one of the posts above:
The Gunslinger ***spoilers for Book 1***
The DofTT ***spoilers for Books 1 and 2***
The Waste Lands ***spoilers for Books 1, 2 and 3***
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The Dark Tower ***spoilers for all seven books*** 05-28-2007 07:39 PMVolsToTheWallI think that this would be the best idea for the baronies forum. Exactly as you laid out the example Jean, it's a great idea and makes perfect sense. If you go into the individual forum for a particular book, you should expect to find many spoilers for that book in that particular forum.Quote:
3. I am still not sure if it wouldn't be easier and more natural and logical to just spoiler-mark all Baronies' forums, rather than individual threads (I'm talking only about the Baronies now, since elsewhere it is hardly applicable or needed) the way I suggested in one of the posts above:
The Gunslinger ***spoilers for Book 1***
The DofTT ***spoilers for Books 1 and 2***
The Waste Lands ***spoilers for Books 1, 2 and 3***
05-28-2007 09:54 PMAaronYou mean like in the onnest forums? We could do that, I guess, and just isolate the issue right there. Give some time and I'll figure something out. 05-28-2007 10:08 PMDaghainHey, while you're at it, could you define the universe and give three examples?
Just askin' :D 05-28-2007 10:12 PMJeanI can do it on my head (picture below). Not in this thread, though.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k2...r/bear4bis.gif 05-28-2007 10:28 PMDaghainLOL very cute, Jean. :D 05-29-2007 08:52 AMJeansorry to obsessively return to the same question, but do quotations have to appear in italics? When the author of the quotation is specified (which seems a natural thing to do), most of his formatting is killed, and - maybe it's just me, of course - the quotation itself dramatically loses in readability. It was all right for small quotes, but not so very good for large ones. 05-29-2007 08:55 AMMattI think they don't have to appear in italics as long as the quotation itself is credited to the author. :D 05-29-2007 09:00 AMJean 05-29-2007 09:01 AMMattOh hell, I see what you mean. Does the quote box itself have to be italics.
I thought you meant something for wiki--I have way too much going on :lol:
I can check into it Jean 05-29-2007 09:12 AMJean 06-02-2007 09:46 AMSpencerThe way I've always handled spoilers in book discussions is this (feel free to disregard if it doesn't work here) :
If you're discussing a book in a book discussion forum, it's assumed that you've read up till and through the book being discussed, so spoilers BEFORE said book are fair game, AFTER said book must be marked. So, for example, if you're in the Wizard and Glass discussion forum, you'd only need to mark spoilers for books V, VI, and VII. Plus, the spoiler free discussion here is a separate thing, that makes things a lot easier for 1st time readers. They can discuss things as they read there, then go to the Barinies after they finish each book.
I love Aaron's and Jean's ideas for marking in other sections. 06-02-2007 10:36 AMJeanthank you Spenser! 06-04-2007 01:25 PMMattSorry about the database glitch everyone. Had to be right when we had the place rockin' <_< 06-05-2007 08:59 AMScott LandonWhat glitch? :unsure: 06-05-2007 09:06 AMMattFor about 5 minutes yesterday (when it was really busy), the forum database had a little problem. <_< 06-05-2007 10:08 AMFrunobulaxI must have been out when that happened.
Don't let it happen again when I'm not here! :P 06-05-2007 03:32 PMMattNot a big deal at all :D
Oh, and could someone PM me? I am testing that response now. 06-05-2007 06:47 PMFrunobulaxPM sent. 06-06-2007 05:56 AMMattThanks for sending those you guys. I have no idea whats up because I got an email notifying me of every message that was sent.
(I seriously need to turn it off now :lol:)
The board is set to send them and each individual group allows it as well. 06-06-2007 08:33 AMFrunobulaxAh, OK. 06-06-2007 07:20 PMMonteGssWhen viewing the Fan Art page...the top of the page link/logo "The Dark Tower.com" is broken. I don't know if it has been mentioned before. I just thought you may want to know. The site's still awesome though. :) 06-06-2007 09:56 PMFrunobulaxSame for the link page (second MORE door). 06-06-2007 09:57 PMFrunobulaxOkay--any page from the pages you reach from the doors are broken. 06-07-2007 04:24 AMMattOops--that's probably something I did when I was playing. Thanks Fruno, we'll get it fixed.
The site is still very much in development out there.