those rules are in and I would guess for another "board" other than the DF spoiler one.
Not precisely. Look at the path displayed at the top of that link's page:
Jim-Butcher.Com Community > The Dresden Files > DF Books > This is a NO SPOILERS zone
After the "couple of weeks" (always err on the side of caution), it's not IMPERATIVE that you write "Changes spoilers"... but it's still a nice thing to do for the year following the book's release, until the next book comes out. For that matter, it's a nice thing to do, period; we get plenty of new enthusiasts joining these boards over time, and not all of them have yet completed reading the entire series.
Ok revisiting this because I tried to mention these rules to someone else else in the spoilers forum and they obviously were confused.
The path Shecky quoted goes to the DF Books board. The board that I was talking about needing a rules refresher is the DF Spoilers board
Jim-Butcher.Com Community > The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers > Changes...Early Spoiler Rules
Since the only spoiler rules specified in the DF Spoiler board are now apparently outdated, and the only rules that define a spoiler (and therefore when spoiler tags/masking are needed) are in a
different board, it invites confusion like this poster displayed when I tried to remind them of rules that arn't even posted in the board I am trying to help him apply them to:
P.S. if you are responding to a topic that doesn't say spoiler in the title you should generally put spoiler tags on anything that reveals details from anything not already out in paperback.
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I have no issue with spoiler tagging and such. I think they are a great tool that should be used and enforced. However, as a newbie that is only now learning the ropes for said spoilerage tagging, I feel that the rules as they are being enforced, arn't defined very well for/in the DF Spoiler forum.