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  1. tifosi12

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    #1 tifosi12, Mar 11, 2006
    The new F1 season is upon us and we're all excited about it. But please: Don't give away results in the thread titles.

    This morning I merged 3 threads related to qualifying in Bahrain into one. I hate to do that because it kinda kills off the individual threads, but they were all related to the same event/story and had spoilers in their titles. A fourth thread I left alone, but edited the title.

    So:
    1. Before starting a new thread, check whether there is already an existing one.
    2. If your thread is about a current race, use a neutral title and add "SPOILER WARNING" to the title.
    3. If somebody finds a thread giving away results, notify the racing mods.
     
  2. tidee

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    #2 tidee, Mar 15, 2006
    OKAY!!We'll always keep that in mind....dont worry:)
     
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    #3 tifosi12, Mar 15, 2006
    Personally I don't worry as I won't go here before I have seen the race/tape. But others do.
     
  4. LightGuy

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    #4 LightGuy, Mar 21, 2006
    There should be a time limit, perhaps 2 days after the race ?
     
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    #5 GrigioGuy, Mar 21, 2006

    We've always used a week as a 'safe' timeframe
     
  6. LightGuy

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    #6 LightGuy, Apr 24, 2006
    Just wanted to bump this up as I didnt get to see Imola and am waiting for Speeds rebroadcast this Sunday. Avoiding all newscasts, papers etc. I'm taking a risk even pulling up the "racing" threads.
    Returning to my cave now.
     
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    #7 tifosi12, Apr 24, 2006
    Wow you're brave.
     
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    #8 505T, Apr 24, 2006
    What he said....I would go nutty with the suspense.
     
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    #9 tifosi12, Apr 24, 2006
    I was once on a vacation in Europe and I couldn't watch the one GP during that time, so I programmed my VCR at home. I remember walking through Helsinki on the Monday after the race trying so hard to avoid any headlines at the local newspaper stands. It was not easy, but I managed. No news, no TV, no internet for two weeks. Came home, rewound the tape and watched it as if it were live.
    :)
     
  10. speedy_sam

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    #10 speedy_sam, Apr 24, 2006
    I believe that keeping it out of the title for a day after the race is fair. After that it should be open game. If one is worried about the racing threads then don't log in to Fchat period.

    A guy posted a thread about Renault costing Alonso the win - I believe it is Ok to do so now 1 day after the race has finished. I am not sure if y'all agree
     
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    #11 tifosi12, Apr 25, 2006
    No I don't agree. There was no way to win this one. Oh, that wasn't the question, never mind. :)
     
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    #12 bill365, Apr 25, 2006
    Andreas,
    Why wasn't the title simply altered?

    Bill
     
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    #13 tifosi12, Apr 25, 2006
    I believe it was. Not by me as I haven't actually seen it. Although it might seem that way I'm not 24x7 on FChat. But trust me, when I see a spoiler in a title, I will change it. Or merge the thread if there is an existing one.
     
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    #14 bill365, Apr 25, 2006
    I think it may have been deleted...
     
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    #15 tifosi12, Apr 25, 2006
    That's harsh. I'd never do that unless it is spam or way out of line (sexual etc).
     
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    #16 bill365, Apr 25, 2006
    I am sorry, you merged it into, Imola GP - Spoilers, my bad.
     
  17. LightGuy

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    #17 LightGuy, Apr 30, 2006
    Good job all around.

    PS; just saw Imola. Now going to the disscusion area but will probably be like the guy who shows up 30 minutes after the party ends.
     
  18. jknight

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    #18 jknight, May 28, 2006
    Bumped this back up - again.

    Carol

     
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    #20 ylshih, Jul 1, 2006
    Bump. Reminder!
     
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    #21 jknight, Aug 5, 2006
    Bump. Reminder AGAIN.

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    #22 RP, Oct 1, 2006
    There are three separate threads on the Chinese GP, only one has ***SPOILER*** warnings.
     
  23. tifosi12

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    #23 tifosi12, Oct 1, 2006
    I'll clean up the mess.

    Imperial got banned (by another mod) for spamming several threads without spoilers and thereby giving away the results of a race that most of us probably taped.


    Giving away race results is a severe breach of rules and can end in a ban.
     
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    #24 LightGuy, May 12, 2007
    Its starting again !
    Hate to say this but I am going to have to stay away from Ferrarichat until I've seen each race.
     
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    #25 GrigioGuy, May 13, 2007
    bump to hide spoiler from front page
     
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