I think the way wotmania ran things was very good, we just have to keep it all in one thread and delete threads where people give away all the major spoilers.
Reviews are an essential part of most entertainment businesses. Just look at how popular the advance movie reviews are at a site like rottentomatos.com
In your previous thread, the majority of us already said we would like advance reviews. I think it would be in the best interest of this site to have a review thread.
I think your warning in this thread is enough to keep too many people from publishing fake reviews. People know it is not OK to post reviews and they know the consequences. That should do the trick. Wotmania never had that guideline in place and they definitely could have used it.
Overall, I think we have to avoid over-moderating this site. There are some other big (to be unnamed) WoT fansites out there that are so heavily moderated that it takes a lot of the joy of posting out of the site.
Guys like Werthead, and other possible early reviewers, have a lot to contribute. I think minor spoilers would be OK in a review thread as long as it was mentioned on the subject header. Minor spoilers are pretty much standard procedure in all book and movie reviews out there.
Otherwise, I think you are doing a great job with this site-- it has been a really great transition.
Keep up the good work!
Reviews are an essential part of most entertainment businesses. Just look at how popular the advance movie reviews are at a site like rottentomatos.com
In your previous thread, the majority of us already said we would like advance reviews. I think it would be in the best interest of this site to have a review thread.
I think your warning in this thread is enough to keep too many people from publishing fake reviews. People know it is not OK to post reviews and they know the consequences. That should do the trick. Wotmania never had that guideline in place and they definitely could have used it.
Overall, I think we have to avoid over-moderating this site. There are some other big (to be unnamed) WoT fansites out there that are so heavily moderated that it takes a lot of the joy of posting out of the site.
Guys like Werthead, and other possible early reviewers, have a lot to contribute. I think minor spoilers would be OK in a review thread as long as it was mentioned on the subject header. Minor spoilers are pretty much standard procedure in all book and movie reviews out there.
Otherwise, I think you are doing a great job with this site-- it has been a really great transition.
Keep up the good work!
No one will be getting the book before the release date, according to the publishers and every source we have out there. Even Werthead confirmed that, at best, he will get the book a few days before, and maybe not even that. All reviews are almost certainly fake.
People can start posting about TGS from the 23rd, and place it under TGS. People can read what they want and decide if it's true. I'm going to flee as soon as these posts are created, to avoid ruining the new book for myself, and I'll return a week later.
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The Gathering Storm - Information and Spoiler Policy
- 13/09/2009 09:11:21 AM
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Cadsuane dies? Semirhage commits suicide? Egwene and Elaida duel? Rand can't channel?
- 13/09/2009 10:44:46 PM
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As a rule I avoid the boards around prerelease times regardless *NM*
- 14/09/2009 06:27:05 AM
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While I agree with what you are trying to accomplish
- 14/09/2009 03:09:20 PM
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No. This must be strictly enforced. And the message that it will be strict must be in the language *NM*
- 25/09/2009 06:09:57 AM
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Bastard.
Silly posters, everyone knows Cadsuane doesn't die before she gets married.
- 15/09/2009 02:32:51 AM
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Good, that means I can visit the site safely
- 15/09/2009 08:32:22 PM
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If you have not read it by Oct 28, you are an inferior species of fan and should not be here. *NM*
- 15/09/2009 11:09:04 PM
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- 18/09/2009 05:28:12 PM
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- 18/09/2009 05:28:12 PM
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Well, I'm getting a review copy, so can you elaborate on the rules for that?
- 17/09/2009 07:58:37 PM
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I think pre-release info is pretty much banned
- 18/09/2009 07:29:56 AM
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I'm a bit concerned by this.
- 19/09/2009 04:23:15 PM
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Re: I'm a bit concerned by this.
- 19/09/2009 04:39:49 PM
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You already made a post about reviews for TGS and we were overwhelmingly in favor of it
- 14/10/2009 07:40:34 AM
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Please don't restrict this too much
- 14/10/2009 07:49:27 AM
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Re: Please don't restrict this too much
- 14/10/2009 01:06:08 PM
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going to have to disagree with you here
- 17/10/2009 07:31:00 AM
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People have the book already-- it is time to put up a review thread
- 18/10/2009 02:55:37 AM
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