Subject: Lets stop this SPOILERs stuff
From: krol@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ed Krol)
Date: 1991-01-22, 06:58
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

Lets decide on a meaning for spoilers because it is used far
too much on this news group.  In the grand scheme of mystery 
solving a SPOILER is a spoiler when you have figured something
out before the appropriate time in the story (The same as
blurting out he answer when watching Jeopardy with a bunch of
people - antisocial behavior).

In this group the show has so much going on and it is so confusing
that no one can figure things out.  Most of the group is conjecture
on how the clues might relate.  In this case a theory on what is going
on is not a spoiler.  So, I noticed the chess piece moved is not
a spoiler.  Nor since most people seem to do a bit of research
should a spoiler be something which is commonly available (e.g
 
SPOILER
^L
Beware of SPOILER....
^L
I read in TV guide blah blah blah....


Certainly not a spoiler.  I think we should define spoilers as inside
information which is likely not available to the general public.
Like, you were sitting on an airplane next to Lynch and he said
blah blah....